Lovely Planter Box Base for February

(Above, two screenshots of the completed Lovely Planter Box Base with the Lovely Mister Cat, Lovely Lady Cat, Lovely Balloons and Lovely Heart upon it.)

A new base is in the market for 3000 Coins.  It is the Planter Base. It unlocks only when you reach Level 23 so is not available to new farmers until then.  As usual, its release is accompanied by a simple quest.  Completion of the little quest will give you Coins and XP but no materials for the Base itself.  The base needs four materials to complete as follows:

9 Planter Box Bricks
6 Planter Box Soil Bags
6 Planter Box Shovels
10 Planter Box Deco

First Material
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You could receive Planter Box Bricks  by completing the highlighted Order on the Daily Order Board.  Remember that you now can refresh three times.  Now the highlighted Order only gives random Farm Aids.

Second Material
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The Second Material was received by completing the 'Weekly Activity'.  You would receive 2 Soil Bags for every Weekly Activity completed, but that now has expired and current weekly activities give only the usual Yellow Mystrons.

Third Material
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The Third Material for the Planter Box is received by completing the first 8 tasks of 'Felicia's Diary' Quest.  That quest will expire on Wednesday.

Fourth Material
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The Fourth and final material for the Planter Box is received randomly in special Cooking Bags obtained by eating at your Neighbours' Cooking Stand.  For the weekend, players have been given the chance to consume double the usual amount of Cooking Bags at their Neighbours' Cooking Stands.

As of 20 February, you should be able to complete the Lovely Planter Box Base if you are diligent in consuming the Cooked Dishes at your Neighbours' Cooking Stands and have collected all other materials.  if you are missing any materials, you should be given the chance to purchase them for 1 RC each after the last activity (the Cooking Stand activity) expires on 27 February.

To Complete or Not to Complete
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To complete or not complete the Lovely Planter Base:  Some players either were not at high enough level to buy the Lovely Planter Box Base when it first was released and therefore missed some of the activities that give Materials.  Others may have missed materials for whatever reason.  After the 27th, when the special Bags given at the Cooking Stand no longer are available, you should be able to buy any missing materials for 1 RC each.  Thankfully, the Lovely Planter Box Base DOES give a Blue Box, like most of the others.  The exception is the Ice Base that for some stupid reason, gives a Purple Box.  (Should we complain???)  Anyway, at present, there are only four Decorations that are stackable on this base, but I expect that the Calender Reward for February will be added to this.  You have to buy the Lovely Lady Cat, the Lovely Mister Cat and the Lovely Heart before the sale expires if you want them on the base.  Second, the two cats only come out of their carriers when you have BOTH of them on the base. Having only one will not trigger the cute animation.  It therefore requires a significant investment in real money to load the base.  The fourth decoration is the current Farm Beauty Contest Reward but I think that the February Calendar reward can replace that one.  Even without the decorations, the base itself yields a Blue Box.   You do have to be at Level 23 to unlock the Planter Box Base, and if you have not earned any materials, it will cost you a total of 33 RC to complete it.  If, however, you have some of the materials, consider this:  The other Decorations in the market that give a Blue Box are the Mini Beach that costs 16 RC, the Market Stall that costs 20 RC, the Bird Home Base that costs 25 RC for the first one, and the Clothes-Drying Rack that costs 16 RC.  So if you have to spend less than 15 RC, it may be worth the price, even if it will be empty until the end of the Month if you haven't purchased the premium items that are stacked on it.  Finally, if you can afford to buy the Lovely Heart, it probably is the most pleasing addition to the base if you can't buy the two cats together.

Lovely Planter Box
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Felicia:  Spring is coming soon and with it the Love Season.  I want to be prepared with a nice place for some more nice fresh flowers on the farm and for couples to sit!

Harvest 8 times from Cherry Trees
  Skip for 8 RC

Prepare 8 Light Muffins
  Skip for 8 RC

Buy and place the Lovely Planter Box Base on your Farm

Reward: 1000 Coins, 100 XP

ALL BASES AND THEIR DECORATIONS
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Decorations for Bases
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A member of my Family Farm Seaside Freyashawk Group on Facebook asked for a list of items that can be placed on the various bases so I am adding a section here for that information.

Generally speaking, with the exception of the Bird Home Bases that are interchangeable, Decorations generally are Base-specific.  In other words, if a Decoration goes on one Base, you will be unable to place it on any other Base.

There are a couple of exceptions to this, however, in the form of the Snowman and Snow Man that can be placed both on the Snow Base and the Ice Base.

So far, the only Bases that are available on a permanent basis in the Market are the Bird Bases.  The Bird Bases are linked to the Time Machine in the Gallery wherein the completion of two-part Missions will give a Decoration as a Reward.  These Decorations can be placed on the Bird Base.  So far, there are only 8 Missions and thus 8 Decorations.  You can place them on one or two Bird Bases, however.  A Base has a limit of four Decorations.

The Bird Base Decorations are not cleanable, but the Bird Base itself will give a Blue Box when cleaned.  All other Bases so far have been seasonal in nature.

The current Animations that occur when you place specific Decorations together on a Bird Base all are linked to the Farm Bird House.  The Farm Bird House when placed with the Hamster Friend allows another Hamster to exit the house to eat from the food dish while the first Hamster runs on his Wheel.  When the Farm Bird House is placed with the Bird Seesaw, a second little yellow bird will exit the house to leap onto the seesaw to play with the first.  When the Farm Bird House is placed with the Bird Pool, the Mini Water Pump and the Bird Ball Pool on the base, the Blue Bird will float on a ball in the Bird Pool, drink from the water in the Mini Water Pump, fly up to use the pump to add more water, then fall asleep to fall off the base to land in the Bird Ball Pool with flying feathers all round.

Lovely Planter Box Base
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As of 22 February, the following can be placed on the Lovely Planter Box Base.    No doubt others will be added, but at present, these are:

Lovely Mister Cat Decoration, Lovely Lady Cat Decoration, Lovely Heart and Lovely Balloons.  The Lovely Balloons is the Reward for the current Farm Beauty Contest.  I expect that the reward for February, the Lovely Boxwood will be stackable on this base in the position of the Lovely Balloons for players who failed to obtain that Reward.

The alternatives at present are the Boy Grass Hair Deer and Girl Grass Hair Deer.  They can be placed in the positions of the Lovely Mister Cat and the Lovely Lady Cat.  Other alternatives are the Blue Ducky and the Red Ducky who respectively take the place of the Lovely Lady Cat and Lovely Mister Cat as well.  The Mum cannot go on this base at all.

Halloween Base
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The Halloween Base was the first of the seasonal Bases.  It no longer can be purchased in the Market and all activities that gave Materials have expired.  You can complete the Base if you have it by purchasing the materials you lack using RC.

The following can be placed on the Halloween Stage (Base):  Skeleton Rockstar Frontman, Skeleton Rockstar Diva, Stereo Coffin, Pumpkin Tower and the Ghost Broom.  As always, there is a limit of four items that can be placed.  The Pumpkin Tower and the Ghost Broom occupy the same position on the Stage, so you have to choose between them.  The Pumpkin Light, Wind Chimes, Witch Legs and the Shovel now can be placed on this Base as well.  The Flower Pot now can be placed on the Hallowe'en Stage in the position of the Pumpkin Tower et al.

As of February, two Decorations have been made stackable for this particular base in the form of the Flower Stand and the Mystic Rose.

Thanksgiving Base
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The Thanksgiving Base incorporated more choices from Decorations available in the Market.  These included the Woodpile and the Mushrooms and the Hay.  Other items that can be placed on the Base are the Thanksgiving Turkey, the Colourful Tent, the Indian Hat, the Harvest Hat and the Hedgehog.  The Woodpile occupies the same position as the Indian Hat and Harvest Hat and the Mushrooms occupy the same position as the Hedgehog as does the Lacquer Horn and the Cornucopia.  The Haystack can go in the position of the Indian Hat.

Once again, although one no longer can purchase the Thanksgiving Base in the Market, farmers who were unable to complete the activities associated with the materials can purchase any remaining materials needed for RC.

Snow Base (Christmas)
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The following should be able to go on the Snow Base:  Tree Reindeer, ALL Snowmen including Snowman, Snow Man, Snow Magician, Bunny Snow Girl, ALL Snow Globes including Snow Globe and Christmas Crystal Ball, Small Snowflake Fence and the Snow Tree Arch . Other arches that initially could not be placed now can, including Tree Arch, Autumn Arch, Welcome Arch, Balloon Door and Welcome Sign, Christmas Wreath Fence and Candle Stand.  All of these now can be placed.  Note that the default position for the Tree Arch will not allow it to be placed on the base.  You must turn it first and then the jigsaw icon will be available to allow placement.

There is a new Decoration that players will receive after 5 Ice Cream Friendship Flowers have been crossbred.  It is the Ice Queen, with a Charm value of 7.  It is a stackable and cleanable Decoration and can be placed on the Snow Base in the position of the Bunny Snow Girl.

Ice Base:
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Bobo Fishing on Ice, Fish Ice Pond, Snowy Owl, Bobo's Backpack, Ski Penguin, Ice Swan, Ice Cat, Ice Dolphin.  The Ski Penguin can be substituted for Bobo and the Ice Swan, Ice Cat and Ice Dolphin substituted for the Snowy Owl..  Bobo's Fish BBQ now can go on the Base in the position of the Fish Ice Pond.  Thus, he can first catch the fish and then grill it. Bobo Bear's Guitar can go in place of Bobo Bear's Backpack as can his original Backpack.

Easter Picnic Base
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Stackable items for Easter Base include Easter Backdrop, Easter Lamp, Bunny in Basket, Chicken in Egg... as well as the International Eggs, Flower Pot Bunny, Bouquet Bunny, Egged in Bunny and I daresay, the Easter Torch when we finally receive it.