Garden Restrictions~

[Mahrze]

But what I don't understand is the correlation between Gardening plots and you wanting a Large House Plot.

It has to do with each house having limits in terms of certain item usage. And in gardening in particular, for you to have "effective" gardening for crossbreed and other things, you need at least 2 plots iirc. Sure, you can have people add you to their friend list and if they share their plots with you that's great. But you having your own 2-3 plots is way better than traveling around 3-4 houses.

Now having a green house section with a system that allows cross breeding and harvesting a la harvest moon/innocent life. Its a great way to have a materials and gil sink since workshop really isn't as engaging as they thought it would be (and with next patch removing the requirement of 4 players to advance workshop projects, even less)

Edit: Adding to it, with the hint they had about some form of "herding" in 5.0, it kind of makes me wonder why things like these aren't FC housing gil sinks:

* Green House for Gardening and ingredients for cooking.
* Stable/Barn for Mounts (displaying and feeding) and herding specific monsters/fishes for ingredients.
* Harbor/Dock/Port for Ships to be displayed and boarded for exploration ventures.
* Training Hall you can customize with dummies of different levels.