In a Pickle

Ahh, the Christmas Tree... a beautiful pine, standing majestically and covered in all the usual staples, tinsel, stars, an angel, some preserved vegetables... what, what was that last one?

Yes, Jack has decided to gather all the children around him and tell them all about the legend of the Christmas Pickle with it's international legends and beginnings...

Of course, if Jack wants to bring it to the Homestead, who are we to argue?

As usual, a popup will launch the proceedings...

This will kick off a standard 5 mission thread, with a wrapper and a Monday Mission (all details HERE). It'll also bring a four step build, the Pickled Christmas Tree itself... (all details HERE).

We're going to see a new free gift crop, the Pickle Bush Cucumber.

We'll also see three items to heal, the Pickle Barrel, Ornament Box and Chilled Critter...

The first of those will be fed with Pickling Salt, the other two with Portable Stoves. We can either feed them the basic feed we craft ourselves or send to neighbours to get special boosted feed that will count for 4 tends...

That in turn will help us get our hands on a cluster of rewards like Gallery Storage, another Battered Bacon Ferris Wheel and some pickle based goodies!

Finally we'll see something brand new coming Monday, a special premium decoration specially for charity as proceeds from all sales of this item will be given directly to international charity Save the Children! It looks pretty and acts as a special Varmint Blocker!

So, let's get pickling...