Grass

Grass

Type	Forage
Season	Spring; Summer; Fall

Grass is the wild green growth that covers much of the farm at the start of the game. It is one of the most important resources for anyone who keeps animals. Farm animals graze on it outdoors, which saves on feed. With a Silo, cutting it with a Scythe turns it into Hay for the colder months. Grass spreads on its own, can be planted from Grass Starter and goes dormant in Winter, so managing it well keeps a barn fed all year.

Location

Every farm map starts with patches of wild grass. Each day, existing grass has a chance to spread into empty neighbouring tiles. Now and then, a new tuft also sprouts on an empty patch of the farm by itself.

Grass Starter, sold at Pierre's General Store, plants a full patch of new grass on any suitable tile. A few starters placed near an animal building give the herd a pasture that keeps growing.

Grass grows through Spring, Summer and Fall. In Winter, no new grass grows. Grass started on the last day of Winter gets a head start for the next Spring.

On the Meadowlands Farm, a special Blue Grass grows naturally. Animals that graze on Blue Grass gain friendship twice as fast as on normal grass. A Blue Grass Starter recipe sold in Qi's Walnut Room on Ginger Island lets other farms plant it too.

Uses

Animals let out during the day eat the grass in front of their building. Each meal outdoors means one less piece of Hay taken from the Silo that night. A large pasture near the Coop and Barn therefore saves money through Spring, Summer and Fall.

Cutting grass makes Hay only once the farm has a Silo. Robin builds one for gold, Stone, Clay and Copper Bars, and it takes her two days. Each Silo stores a large amount of Hay, and the animal buildings draw from it automatically.

Only the Scythe makes Hay. A basic Scythe gives Hay from about half the patches it cuts. The Golden Scythe, found in a cave in the Quarry Mine, gives Hay more often. Cutting grass with a sword or dagger clears it but gives no Hay at all.

Marnie's Ranch sells Hay for those who run short. Marnie also mails a gift of Hay now and then once she knows the farmer.

Notes

Plan for Winter before Fall ends. Animals stay indoors all season, grass stops growing, and every meal comes from the Silo. Filling the Silo during Fall avoids buying Hay from Marnie through the cold months.

Build the Silo before the first Coop or Barn. Hay cut before the animals arrive goes straight into storage, and the animals never go hungry.

Leave some grass uncut near the animal buildings. Mowing the whole farm for Hay leaves nothing for the animals to graze, and the grass needs time to spread back.

All Foraging

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Season	Price
Blackberry	Fall	-
Cave Carrot	All	25g
Chanterelle	Fall	160g
Coconut	All	100g
Common Mushroom	Spring (Secret Woods); Summer (Forest Farm); Fall (Stardew Valley; Secret Woods; Forest Farm); All (Dangerous Mines; Ginger Island mushroom cave)	40g
Coral	All	80g
Crocus	Winter	-
Crystal Fruit	Winter	150g
Daffodil	Spring	30g
Dandelion	Spring	40g
Fiddlehead Fern	Summer; All on Ginger Island Jungle, Skull Cavern and Dangerous Mines	-
Ginger	All	60g
Grass	Spring; Summer; Fall	-
Hazelnut	Fall	90g
Holly	Winter	80g
Leek	Spring	60g
Magma Cap	-	400g
Morel	Spring	150g
Nautilus Shell	All (Beach Farm; Dangerous Mines); Winter (The Beach)	120g
Purple Mushroom	All	250g
Rainbow Shell	All (Beach Farm; Dangerous Mines); Summer (The Beach)	300g
Red Mushroom	Summer (Secret Woods); Fall (Secret Woods; Forest Farm); All (other)	75g
Salmonberry	15-18 Spring (bushes); All (the Farm Cave)	-
Sap	-	2g
Sea Urchin	All	160g
Seaweed	All	20g
Snow Yam	Winter	100g
Spice Berry	Summer; All (The Farm Cave)	80g
Spring Onion	Spring	-
Sweet Pea	Summer	-
Truffle	Spring; Summer; Fall	625g
Weeds	Spring; Summer; Fall	-
Wild Horseradish	Spring	50g
Wild Plum	Fall	80g
Winter Root	Winter	70g