As usual, a lot of things have happened since I last mentioned the progress. Entered winter and restored access to the quarry and the greenhouse one day apart. Promptly moved the greenhouse out of my mushroom log grove. I ended up getting a red cabbage seed from the skull cavern when I went down to the 25th floor, rather than from the travelling merchant, so it went in, along the 14 ancient seeds I got from the fruits grown outside.
The dino egg hatched, and later a void egg too. A pig and a rabbit from Marnie's rounded things out, and now I've got just about all the species I want (apart from the blue and gold chickens). Sure, for some, like the pigs and the rabbits, I want more than just one, but it's enough for now. The money from the mushroom log grove is constant enough that I don't have to wait too long to invest or expand. My earlier estimate of 6 logs/dehydrator might be a bit off though. With 23 mushroom logs, 5 dehydrators should've been more than enough, yet the common mushrooms have started to pile up, as in 200+ in just the base quality stack. Time to build a couple more, I guess. And invest in a shed for them, though it's a bit difficult to decide where to put things with the limitations of the riverland map, especially since I want sheds for the preserve jars and kegs too.
Got Sebastian up to 8 hearts with a frozen tear on his birthday, and gave him a bouquet the next day. Already making plans for the future, even if he doesn't know it yet.