Growing Sims

I hadn't done anything in Riverblossom Hills yet.  I had a browse and found the interesting house of the Plant Sim.  H has taken over that family though, so I thought I'd make one.  Haha.  Not so friggin' easy. 

I created Petunia Birchwood, a short-haired blonde woman and had her move into one of the houses - a one-bedroomed place which seemed perfect.  It had a fruit tree and a bit of room for planting veges.  She planted away, tended, etc and of course lost her tomato plants during the winter.  I'd read that the Sim has to keep spraying in order to become a plant sim.  The only trouble is the spray option doesn't come up too often and you can only spray once.  She's now halfway through her adult life, nearing elderhood and is nowhere near becoming a Plant Sim.  Her fridge is stocked with multiple goodies and the tree has borne fruit twice.

I had decided not to cheat moneywise but it appears this was a bad idea.  In order to spray a lot I need lots of plants and trees and the trees are expensive.  So I'll have to cheat for money, make a whole orchard, have her give up her job (which she needed for money) and keep trying.  I'll also need to get rid of the ladybug house which I only just installed so I get more bugs and need to spray. 

Her only other problem is lack of social contact.  I occasionally get her to call up the moustachioed Morty(?) and this seems to satisfy her.  I don't want anyone moving in though.

I'll keep trying but it was rather tedious last night and my shoulder got sore from using the mouse at an evidently stupid angle. 

I only hope the spray option comes up more often.  I'll have to get rid of winter too just in the short-term until I've succeeded.