farming is pretty lackluster as far as rewards vs investment. The only reason right now for anyone to bother is to unlock glazenuts for crafter benches, and so far, nobody's found/released the information on what you have to cross-pollinate for them.

Otherwise, you're looking at maybe a yield of a dozen items, after which you have to replant. For any standard item you can obtain seeds from, traditional 'farming' is better than gardening.