Harvest Moon/Gameplay

Basic overview
The game lasts three years. In each year there are four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. The four seasons last 30 days each. Each day has four time cycles:
 * Day - 6:00 am - 3:00 pm
 * Evening - 3:00 pm 5:00 pm
 * Night - 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Time stops at 6:00 pm
 * Midnight - 12:00 am - 6:00 am - This is after you write in your diary

The objective is to get a Maximum Happy score. This will be done by how much money you have, getting house expansions, getting married, having happy animals, etc.

Things I wish I knew my first play-through

 * Items do not get picked up from the bin if they are placed in them at night.
 * You need to grow a lot of grass for the Fall\Winter.
 * Grass doesn't need to be watered.