Is there such a thing as a computer game to simulate gardening? Which of
you remember the computer games 'Sim City' and 'Sim World'?

Sim Garden or anything like it would be good , either internet based or PC
based? My wife currently doesn't have access to a garden and she is
getting very twitchy about it!

Please help. Thanks.

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 14:44:34 -0000, "Angus Nisbet"
wrote:

Is there such a thing as a computer game to simulate gardening? Which of
you remember the computer games 'Sim City' and 'Sim World'?

Sim Garden or anything like it would be good , either internet based or PC
based? My wife currently doesn't have access to a garden and she is
getting very twitchy about it!

Please help. Thanks.

None that I know of, apart from garden design software....but one has
to wonder whether a gardening sim program might be ( wait for it )..
full of bugs. Ahem.

Regards,



--
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www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk

"Angus Nisbet" wrote in message
.. .
Is there such a thing as a computer game to simulate gardening? Which of
you remember the computer games 'Sim City' and 'Sim World'?

Sim Garden or anything like it would be good , either internet based or PC
based? My wife currently doesn't have access to a garden and she is
getting very twitchy about it!

Please help. Thanks.



I can't remember where but someone used to have a small real garden ( a
couple of metres square ) with a robot arm in the middle. You could make the
arm do the weeding and watering etc. over the internet.

More usefully, I'd look at something indoors - a terrarium/bottle garden or
a few window boxes maybe ...

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"Angus Nisbet" wrote in message
.. .
Is there such a thing as a computer game to simulate gardening? Which of
you remember the computer games 'Sim City' and 'Sim World'?

Sim Garden or anything like it would be good , either internet based or PC
based? My wife currently doesn't have access to a garden and she is
getting very twitchy about it!

Please help. Thanks.



I can't remember where but someone used to have a small real garden ( a
couple of metres square ) with a robot arm in the middle. You could make the
arm do the weeding and watering etc. over the internet.

More usefully, I'd look at something indoors - a terrarium/bottle garden or
a few window boxes maybe ...

--
Martin & Anna Sykes
( Remove x's when replying )
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm

Angus Nisbet wrote:
Is there such a thing as a computer game to simulate gardening?
Which of
you remember the computer games 'Sim City' and 'Sim World'?

Sim Garden or anything like it would be good , either internet based
or PC
based? My wife currently doesn't have access to a garden and she is
getting very twitchy about it!

Please help. Thanks.


Well, The Sims has some gardening in it. Plant flowers, and don't hire a
gardener, or water them yourself, and they die. The Unleashed expansion
pack added vegetables gardens that you need to weed and water, and then
you can harvest them, and save money on your grocery bills.

Compared to how someone who "gardens" views a garden, it's pretty
unrealistic, but it comes close to simulating how non-gardeners view
their landscape, and now vegetable gardens.

Hmmm.... I wonder if a Sim game focusing on gardening would be
commercially viable. Gardening isn't exactly rock 'em, sock 'em action,
but those goofy virtual pets had their day in the sun a couple of years
ago.

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On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 14:44:34 -0000, "Angus Nisbet"
wrote:

Is there such a thing as a computer game to simulate gardening? Which of
you remember the computer games 'Sim City' and 'Sim World'?

Sim Garden or anything like it would be good , either internet based or PC
based? My wife currently doesn't have access to a garden and she is
getting very twitchy about it!

Please help. Thanks.

None that I know of, apart from garden design software....but one has
to wonder whether a gardening sim program might be ( wait for it )..
full of bugs. Ahem.

Oh dear. I'm relieved you didn't make us wait to long for that.

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Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
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from Stephen Howard contains these words:
On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 14:44:34 -0000, "Angus Nisbet"
wrote:

Is there such a thing as a computer game to simulate gardening? Which of
you remember the computer games 'Sim City' and 'Sim World'?

Sim Garden or anything like it would be good , either internet based or PC
based? My wife currently doesn't have access to a garden and she is
getting very twitchy about it!

Please help. Thanks.

None that I know of, apart from garden design software....but one has
to wonder whether a gardening sim program might be ( wait for it )..
full of bugs. Ahem.

Oh dear. I'm relieved you didn't make us wait to long for that.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 16:47:39 GMT, Rusty Hinge
wrote:

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from Stephen Howard contains these words:
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None that I know of, apart from garden design software....but one has
to wonder whether a gardening sim program might be ( wait for it )..
full of bugs. Ahem.

Oh dear. I'm relieved you didn't make us wait to long for that.

's traditional, innit...

Regards,


--
Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk

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from Stephen Howard contains these words:
On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 14:44:34 -0000, "Angus Nisbet"
wrote:

Is there such a thing as a computer game to simulate gardening? Which of
you remember the computer games 'Sim City' and 'Sim World'?

Sim Garden or anything like it would be good , either internet based or PC
based? My wife currently doesn't have access to a garden and she is
getting very twitchy about it!

Please help. Thanks.

None that I know of, apart from garden design software....but one has
to wonder whether a gardening sim program might be ( wait for it )..
full of bugs. Ahem.

Oh dear. I'm relieved you didn't make us wait to long for that.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

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from Stephen Howard contains these words:
On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 14:44:34 -0000, "Angus Nisbet"
wrote:

Is there such a thing as a computer game to simulate gardening? Which of
you remember the computer games 'Sim City' and 'Sim World'?

Sim Garden or anything like it would be good , either internet based or PC
based? My wife currently doesn't have access to a garden and she is
getting very twitchy about it!

Please help. Thanks.

None that I know of, apart from garden design software....but one has
to wonder whether a gardening sim program might be ( wait for it )..
full of bugs. Ahem.

Oh dear. I'm relieved you didn't make us wait to long for that.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 16:47:39 GMT, Rusty Hinge
wrote:

The message
from Stephen Howard contains these words:
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None that I know of, apart from garden design software....but one has
to wonder whether a gardening sim program might be ( wait for it )..
full of bugs. Ahem.

Oh dear. I'm relieved you didn't make us wait to long for that.

's traditional, innit...

Regards,


--
Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 16:47:39 GMT, Rusty Hinge
wrote:

The message
from Stephen Howard contains these words:
..

None that I know of, apart from garden design software....but one has
to wonder whether a gardening sim program might be ( wait for it )..
full of bugs. Ahem.

Oh dear. I'm relieved you didn't make us wait to long for that.

's traditional, innit...

Regards,


--
Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 16:47:39 GMT, Rusty Hinge
wrote:

The message
from Stephen Howard contains these words:
..

None that I know of, apart from garden design software....but one has
to wonder whether a gardening sim program might be ( wait for it )..
full of bugs. Ahem.

Oh dear. I'm relieved you didn't make us wait to long for that.

's traditional, innit...

Regards,


--
Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 16:47:39 GMT, Rusty Hinge
wrote:

The message
from Stephen Howard contains these words:
..

None that I know of, apart from garden design software....but one has
to wonder whether a gardening sim program might be ( wait for it )..
full of bugs. Ahem.

Oh dear. I'm relieved you didn't make us wait to long for that.

's traditional, innit...

Regards,


--
Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 16:47:39 GMT, Rusty Hinge
wrote:

The message
from Stephen Howard contains these words:
..

None that I know of, apart from garden design software....but one has
to wonder whether a gardening sim program might be ( wait for it )..
full of bugs. Ahem.

Oh dear. I'm relieved you didn't make us wait to long for that.

's traditional, innit...

Regards,


--
Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk