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Originally Posted by SleepyHallow

Ok maybe I don't understand.... forgive me please......but you have to plant and plow to run the facilities and now with so many you get to plant more things...... and you can expand your third farm with coins you don't have to use farm cash to expand it....

Thanks for your comments SleepyHallow. Yes, of course one has to plow, choose what to plant and plant and harvest it and that's still fun. I enjoy trying, as much as practical within the constraints of the game, to select crops which would actually grow in the region where my virtual farm is located. Occasional planting of small quantities of pineapples and sugar cane being exceptions.
True, I could expand my 3rd farm without spending real $$, just prefer not to add more FB "friends" simply for purposes of playing the game and the number I now have (16 neighbors 5 or 6 who are active participants in FT) seems enough to conscientiously keep up with. So, that part is a choice I've made. Actually, thinking ahead and planning possibilities for future expansions is almost more run than maintaining things once the expansions and design work is finished LOL Nice to always have something for down-the-line.
Now why do I find plowing and planting more fun than the facilities? Had to analyze that a bit since I believe that everything (even our reactions to something) have a logical basis. My conclusion is that plowing, planting and harvesting are visual and require a bit of conscious thought -- which plow tool (1, 2 or 4 plots) to choose; whether to use no seeder, the small seeder or the big seeder; and same with the harvester tools. The "look and feel" is more real than simply clicking repetitively to put stuff into production at the facilities.
And, yes, I'm a logic freak LOL Just call me Ms. Spock