Talk:Guides/Self-sustaining Settlement Guide/@comment-220.255.2.88-20130430102819

I do not find replanting saplings and grass to be worth the time. These are found in huge abundance just about everywhere, so I pick up a few that happen to cross my path whenever i leave camp. I've never run out before.

What I do farm is trees. Collect pine oaks, and plant a whole lot of them, like 20~30, just outside base camp. Sure, you'll inevitably run into 1 or 2 treeguards whenever you chop for wood, but they're easy to kill. If you don't have the time to kill them, just lure them away from the rest of your artificial forest, then plant more trees to get them to sit down and shut up. Once the first batch has grown, you'll be able to take an axe and shovel to them and get 80 logs in under 4 game hours. It'll only take like 1 more game hour to replant them. All done before dusk even sets in, and you won't be needing more logs for a very long time. There's also the added perk of having lots of extra pine cones for the fire, and an easy source of charcoal at your doorstep. Just make sure there's nothing of value near your artificial forest.