How To Garden In Star Valley Wy

Anybody who's played Stardew Valley for a while knows that things get a little difficult during Winter, when the weather prevents anything from being grown outside and kills anything that was already there. Fortunately, there's a way around that. We'll show you how to unlock the Greenhouse and keep farming in the Winter.

How to Grow Plants During Winter
How to Get the Greenhouse
How to Get the Greenhouse Through Joja Community Development Projects
How to Use the Greenhouse

How to Grow Plants During Winter

If you want to grow crops, the only way to do it is inside a Greenhouse, which provides earth for planting while also protecting the harvest from the cold. There's actually a Greenhouse on your farm when the game starts, but it's dilapidated and broken, currently unusable as anything but a big lawn ornament. If you want to restore it, there's one of two paths available to you.

How to Get the Greenhouse

If you want to get the Greenhouse, you can either do it by completing the "Pantry" bundle in the Community Center, or by paying Joja Community Development Projects.

If you pick the first option, you'll have to amass five separate groups of items and put them in the frame in the storage room in the Community Center. You'll actually get rewards along the way for each section, so it doesn't feel quite so laborious. You'll need these items specifically:

Winter can halt a farmer's progress overnight. | *ConcernedApe*

Spring Crops Bundle

Parsnip
Green Bean
Cauliflower
Potato

Summer Crops Bundle

Tomato
Hot Pepper
Blueberry
Melon

Fall Crops Bundle

Corn
Eggplant
Pumpkin
Yam

Quality Crops Bundle

Parsnip (Gold Quality)
Melon (Gold Quality)
Pumpkin (Gold Quality)
Corn (Gold Quality)

Fix the Community Center, and they'll fix your Greenhouse in return. | *ConcernedApe*

Animal Bundle

Large Milk
Large Egg
Large Brown Egg
Large Goat Milk
Wool
Duck Egg

Collecting the crops is pretty straightforward, if rather a long-term chore, requiring you to do at least three seasons of work, and getting the Gold Quality crops means giving up on some real money-making fruit. Still, it's arguably worth it, especially considering this is still definitely the cheaper option. The Animal Bundle will require you to get some of the game's animals, though it is possible to get all of these items in the Travelling Cart, so make sure to check it regularly when it appears on Fridays and Sundays!

After you've accumulated all these items and donated them, ending the day will reveal a short cutscene in which the Center's resident sprites - the Junimos - appear in your farm and rebuild the Greenhouse. It'll be usable from the day after that.

How to Get the Greenhouse Through Joja Community Development Projects

If you prefer other people to do your work for you, you could always give an absurd amount of money to the Joja Corporation. Head to JojaMart and purchase a membership from Morris for 5000g. This'll allow you to access the Joja Community Development Form, which essentially allows you to pay money for many of the improvements that the Community Center can do, and the Greenhouse is one of them - though it costs an exorbitant 35000g. Still, pay the money and Morris will have the Greenhouse built to be ready the next day, allowing you to do Winter planting.

How to Use the Greenhouse

Now accessible in your farm, the Greenhouse essentially functions like a normal field all year round. It's protected from random events and cold weather, but also doesn't restore or provide for plants. It won't water them for you, and won't even get them wet if it's raining outside; you'll either to water them yourself or put in a sprinkler. Still, it ensures you can keep crops going throughout the year, no matter what.

Why not see what else Stardew Valley has to offer? You can find out more about the game's multiplayer here, or follow this guide to see how you can farm the rare and valuable Iridium.

Joel Franey

Guides Writer

Joel loves books, games, comics and drinks that make a person feel like they just got kicked in the head by a mule. He has a Masters in writing from Sussex, which he somehow got by writing about Superman. He is absolutely NOT three children in a long coat, so please stop asking.