Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-31899859-20160729100858

Concerning Farming
I recently re-read The Fellowship of the Ring and noticed a couple of things that ought to be added in The Shire concerning farming, notably in the Chapter "A Shortcut to Mushrooms".

Fields
First of all, while the Hobbits travel through the Shire, they pass near many fields before entering Woody End. These fields are currently absent from the mod. As it is possible for Dorwinion with grapes in Vineyards, fields should be added as (maybe) a biome variant in the Shire, and not only next to the Hobbit Farms we have for now.

They should have classic vanilla seeds, and corn, lettuce (though maybe not this one, as it grows rarely in open fields, as well for carrots), etc., and should be sometime separated by fences, or tree rows.

The Marish
This sub-biome ought to be added (as well as Buckland I think, but here is not the subject). It would be a Shire biome variant with less Hobbit Holes (and taverns and picnic benches... The Shire has, to my mind, too much hobbit holes, which are said to remain used only by the richest and the poorest at the end of the Third Age), more big farms (see later), and more fields around theses. It would have ponds (should maybe add ducks to live near theses), small streams, a variant with lot of small hills and bushes, and an other one with fields and farms.

Great Hobbit Farms
The hobbit farms we have for now are small and not realistic, being more granges or granaries than real farms. Should be added a big farm, a group of buildings (sometime encircled by fences), with a granary or a grange, a stable, a well, a henhouse or a duck-pound and a main farm house.

The house would be inhabited by 2-3 adult hobbits, including two married hobbits* and an agricultural labourer or an old hobbit, and 1 to 3 children. It would have 2 bedrooms, one for children with separated beds, a great kitchen next to a room for food, and a big living room with a table (with plates) and chests.

All around would be fields and a pen where would be cows, sheep or pigs. The Farmer could also have dogs.


 * If a trader can be married, one of the husbands would be a Farmer. Otherwise there would be a Farmer in one of the buildings of the Farm.

The farm is inspired by old Farmer Maggot's one.

Thanks for reading this, please give kudos or leave a comment to improve it ! Excuse me for my english, I am French ^_^

 Sagaert22  Amrod the High-Elf  