General Planting Tips

What to grow and when and what to attract and with what and how to fit it all in??? Here are all of the possible wildlife you could possibly attract as you level up. See next page for schedule. Seasonal Wildlife is not included in this list because the season is over. Even though there are 10 different animals you could attract at level 1 or 2 (if you tried really hard), you might want to wait on some of them.

Wildlife, by order of what level you could start attracting:
1 – Mice – - pest infestation.
1 – Mole
1 – Brown Bunny
1 – Grey Squirrel
1 – Red Squirrel – - VERY RARE! do you think red is its favorite color?
1 – Tortoise – - AKA Tommy
1 – Hedgehog – - chases bugs, you might want to chase it away
1 – Fox
1 – Mallard – - quack quack!
1 – Yellow Wagtail – - some cause for tail wagging when you spot one!
1 – Wren – - google image search: Fairy Wren Family… awwww!
1 – Kiwi – - VERY RARE! and very valuable!
2 – Singing BushLark
2 – Raccoon – - Some people keep raccoons as pets
2 – Water Dragon – - Mythological Creature (but there really ARE water dragons!) Chinese water dragons!
2 – Rainbow Dragon – - Mythological Creature – Hmmm… *puff puff*
2 – Golden Dragon – - Mythological Creature
2 – Griffin – - Mythological Creature
2 – Phoenix – - Mythological Creature
2 – Pegasus – - Mythological Creature
2 – Unicorn – - Mythological Creature
3 – Lop Eared Bunny – - VERY RARE! and adorable
3 – Hare – - catch him while you can
3 – Gecko – - too cute not to love
3 – Meerkat – - I took the quiz and got Zaphod!
3 – Roadrunner – - VERY RARE! Burn-em upus asphaltus, Meep Meep! low platter ONLY!
3 – Armadillo – - The word armadillo is Spanish for “little armored one”.
4 – Skunk
5 – Chipmunk – - technically a squirrel, and they are acrobatic, but low platter ONLY!
5 – Ostrich – - The Ostrich is the largest living species of bird
6 – Badger – - VERY RARE! praise your maker when he comes.
7 – Bee Eater – - you guessed it, they eats the bees.
11 – Giraffe
13 – Australian King Parrot – - VERY RARE!
14 – Magpie – - Salute when you see one.
14 – Pair of Magpies – - Heckle and Jeckle!
20 – Kingfisher – - VERY RARE! time to play the color puzzle
25 – Meteorat – - Alien Invasion
25 – Rockoon – -
25 – Froog – -
25 – Snabbit – -
25 – Ping-Ponguin – -
29 – Giant Anteater – - you guessed it, they eats the ants.
31 – Gazelle –

Planting tips:
You should not put a feeding tray out until you really want to. If you miss anything, don’t worry there is always time to catch them later. Refer to your wildlife guide to see exactly how to attract whatever critter you want to focus on. Sometimes a critter will come when you only have one plant out to attract it and a bunch of plants attracting the rest of the wild kingdom, but then you would just be relying on luck and chance as to what will come in your garden.

In general, focus on one and make sure you have as many attractants out as possible and if there are any “common” critters that might come instead of what you are wanting, deter them. If they can eat from a Raised table, your best bet is to use one because it DETERS MICE!! If they cannot reach the Raised table, then use the Low feeding platter. If the critter eats anything, use the nuts (because it will deter the mallard).

Wildlife is relatively complex. You don’t really want to have a “what all can I attract with Mixed Veggies” garden. Nor do you want an, “oh I have one Solaris so I’ll attract an Ostrich”, garden. You should try to plant specifically for an Ostrich. You should have a Raised Table with Veggies because your results will be dramatically different. Plant as many Solaris as possible!!! Each flower gives you a chance to attract one, and don’t you want as many chances as possible? Don’t plant any herbs either, as that will only contradict your garden because the Ostrich does not like herbs.

Also, you want the food out while the flowers are at the right stage (flowering -not still growing or fruiting). When you grow the Solaris it’s a red and yellow flower. That is “flowering” stage. When it is all sunbeams that is “fruited” stage. Basically when your flowers are growing and have the petals they are flowering. When they are “Ready for harvest” they are fruited.

In summary:
*CONCENTRATE YOUR EFFORTS (especially if it’s a rare)
*AS MANY ATTRACTING FLOWERS AS POSSIBLE (each flower is like a ticket in a lottery drawing)
*DETER WITH FLOWERS/MUSHROOMS/TABLES/FOOD IF POSSIBLE (small changes that make a huge difference)
*CROSS FINGERS (even the best gardeners have good and bad days)