Crops

== Arable Areas ==
Crops can only be farmed in arable areas (places with ground water). To see arable areas, open the Map menu in the game and click on the water drop icon on the left. (See image to the right.) The arable areas will appear in blue.
== Fields ==
Create fields to farm and grow crops. To create fields, press the B key, then select Build/Craft > City > Farming, and select the size field you want. Place it on the ground.
Fields should be placed near a body of water or well so that you can easily water them. Windmills automatically irrigate nearby fields. Holding a hoe will show you the area irrigated by the windmill.
== Planting ==
First, fields need to be fertilized. Gather or buy dung, then craft it into fertilizer in the barn. Hover over a field plot and select E to use fertilizer in your personal inventory.
Next, sow seeds. Seeds can be purchased or crafted in either the barn or the crop dryer. You can plant the items listed in the list of Crops below.
Finally, water the seeds. Seeds have to be manually watered (with a bucket) when they are first planted. In subsequent days, check the water level for each field plot. Some plots may be watered by a windmill, but some may need additional water added via bucket.
Hover over a field plot to see its status. For planted plots, the leaf icon represents the growth stage--the more green, the closer the plot is ready to be harvested. The water drop icon represents the water level--the less blue, the more the plot needs water.
It takes 3 days for seeds to grow into harvestable plants.
== Harvesting ==
Hover over a plant to see if it's ready to be harvested. Plants that are not harvested within 3 days will dry out. 
A settler assigned to the barn will harvest crops and place them in the barn's inventory along with seeds. If you have a worker assigned to the city warehouse, then the worker will move the food from the barn to the warehouse.
== Barn ==
Barns should be built near fields so that a worker assigned to the barn will efficiently work the fields.
You may use the barn to check the status of your fields. Open the Management menu, locate the barn, and select the Fields tab. (See image to the left.)
== Crop Dryer ==
You may dry fruits, vegetables, coffee beans, cotton, and flowers in the crop dryer to produce seeds. Each plant placed in the crop dryer will produce one seed.
== Crops ==
=== Beans ===
Bean seeds may only be planted in autumn. 
===Coffee ===
Green coffee beans can only be planted in summer. You can find green coffee beans in a chest on the south side of the palisades outside the abandoned city in the northwest corner of the map.
=== Corn ===
Corn seeds must be planted in spring.
=== Cotton ===
Cotton seeds may only be planted in autumn.
=== Ox Eye Sunflower ===
Ox eye sunflower seeds may be planted in spring.
=== Poppy ===
Poppy seeds may be planted in spring.
===Potatoes===
Seed potatoes can be planted at any time of year.
=== Prairie Phlox ===
Prairie phlox seeds may be planted in spring.
=== Pumpkins ===
Pumpkins may only be planted in spring.
=== Rough Blazing Star ===
Rough blazing star seeds may be planted in spring.
=== Wild Bergamot ===
Wild bergamot seeds may be planted in spring.
== Additional Resources ==
An additional resource is the Farming Guide on Steam.
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