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| − | Select a suitable site for the farm plot. The site should be on {{L|soil}}, {L|Above_ground|above}} or {{L|Underground|below ground}}. Ideal sites are normally 3x3 or 5x5, but any rectangle of bare earth is suitable. If your site is on the surface, skip to {{L|How do I build a farm?#Step Four|step four}}. If it is below ground, go to step three. | + | Select a suitable site for the farm plot. The site should be on {{L|soil}}, {{L|Above_ground|above}} or {{L|Underground|below ground}}. Ideal sites are normally 3x3 or 5x5, but any rectangle of bare earth is suitable. If your site is on the surface, skip to {{L|How do I build a farm?#Step Four|step four}}. If it is below ground, go to step three. |
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Revision as of 14:55, 13 February 2011
The simple answer is that farm plots are an option on the building menu (b-p). Below is a step-by-step guide to building a farm.
Step One
Enable the Template:L skill for at least one Template:L.
Step Two
Select a suitable site for the farm plot. The site should be on Template:L, Template:L or Template:L. Ideal sites are normally 3x3 or 5x5, but any rectangle of bare earth is suitable. If your site is on the surface, skip to Template:L. If it is below ground, go to step three.
Step Three
Underground soil must be muddied before it can be farmed. There are many methods of Template:L available. The simplest requires a Template:L and a source of Template:L. Template:L out a room above the farm site you have selected, and Template:L out a hole in the floor. Go to the Template:L menu (i) and designate the hole as a Template:L. The zone will be designated a pit by default, P-f to change it to a pond.
Your dwarves will fill the bucket(s) with water, carry them over to the pond site, and dump them in, muddying the patch of soil below. When the whole site is muddy, turn off the pond zone to stop dumping, and proceed to step four.
Step Four
From the building menu, select a farm plot (b-p) and resize it to fit the site with umkh).
Step Five
Select which crops to plant there. Press q and move the cursor over the farm, and you will see a list of crops you can select to grow in the current season. You can change which season is displayed by pressing a,b,c, or d. Move the blue selector up and down with - and +, and press Enter to choose a crop to plant during that season (highlighted in white).
You must have the appropriate Template:Ls to plant a crop there. To easily see how many of each seeds you have you can go to the Kitchen menu (z right Enter). Check the Template:Ls page for details on different seeds.
Instructing a plot to remain fallow z during a particular season will instruct dwarves not to plant in that plot during that season.