Farmville Wishlist

Farmville is announcing that a wishlist feature will be coming soon. This will allow Farmville farmers to place the items they need on a wishlist. This will include items such as those needed to build a barn or collectible items needed to complete a collection.

Neighbours will be able to see this wishlist on a news feed and send their fellow Farmville farmers the items they really need. This should help and prevent people sending things that their neighbours don't need right away.

This was announced on Farmville's weekly Podcast series. Farmville has a Youtube channel where you can get the lastest updates on the Farmville.

• Farmville Podcast Channel

Farmville Perfect Bunches & Pretty Garden

I am still getting my hands dirty on Framville and yesterday I discovered the Garden Shed and their use for storing 'perfect bunches'.

When you plant a crop of flowers, as it it harvested, you will from time to time reap 'perfect bunches'. The perfect bunches could be then shared immediately with your neighbours. However, the Garden Shed changes things. You can now store the perfect bunches for use later or share them with your friends at your own convenience.

The Garden Shed cost 30,000 coins or 30 FV dollars and provides 600 XP. It is found in the Market sections under Buildings. You are limited to 1, possibly depending on your level.

Pretty Garden Reward
When you use 10 or 25 bunches on your farm, you are get a Pretty Garden awards.

• 10 - White Ribbon
• 25 - Red Ribbon
  

Strategic Outlook
Farmville farmers should get a Garden Shed, it is worth it. You can earn coins (and medals) and XP from using those stored 'perfect bunches'.

Framville Releases Limited Items: White Grapes and Golden Poppies

Today, Farmville released some new limited items. Included in this release are the following crops, White Grapes and Golden Poppies . They will be available for the next 8 days.

Crop Analysis

If you are able to plant these crops and you are working on a 8/24 hour cycle I would suggest that you go ahead and start planting.

White Grapes

Cost: 35 (+15)

Sell: 170

Profit: 120

Harvest Time: 24 hrs (23 hrs actually)

XP: 3

Coins/Hour: 5:00

XP/Hour: 0.13

Golden Poppies

Cost: 120 (+15)

Sell: 200

Profit: 65

Harvest Time:8 hrs

XP: 2

Coins/Hour: 8:13

XP/Hour: 0.25

Strategic Outlook

Like Bamboo, these are limited time crops so act quickly once you are at able to do so. The farm I work with is at level 27. Golden Poppies and White Grapes, return high Coins/Hour and XP/Hour for their respective time categories.

Keep Mafia Wars out of Farmville

I am new to Farmville having been introduce to it by my wife. I had heard about it but I had ignored it for many months. However when my wife started playing I decided to take a look.

For those who don't know, Farmville is social game played on-line that is available to Facebook and MySpace users, and in recent times has been available to users on some of Microsoft's web properties.

I still don't have a 'farm' on Farmville. I have rather opted to assist my wife with her farm and her cafe, on Cafeworld. The games are interesting and truly addictive, so be careful if you chose to get involved.

I would suggest to Zynga, the makers of Farmville, Cafeworld, Mafia Wars among others that they keep Mafia Wars out of Farmville. Keep the games separate. I for one am not interested in Mafias and it would be sad if they allow the Mafia to overrun Farmville.

I will be using this blog to post my thoughts on Farmville and strategies I have found helpful along with reviews from time to time.