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Growing berries, hunting for meat, and providing diverse food resources inManor Lordsare essential in increasing the approval rating. As the lord of your community, a higher approval rating will ensure a more significant influx of people to your town. The more people migrate to your settlement, the higher the chances of prosperity.
Planting an apple orchard gives apples as a product during the harvest season. Besides vegetables, eggs, bread, and meat, having a steady supply of apples each year for the settlement will add a delightful variety to the diet. This not only diversifies the food options but also boosts the overall morale of the settlers.

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How To Make Orchards
To grow apple orchards, you will need to take the following steps:
The skill points are earned after you have completed a milestonerelated to the overall growth of the settlement. This isvisible right below your occupied region’s name. If you complete those requirements, youunlock one skill pointyou can use in the farming skill tree for apple orchards.

Thebackyard extension of a burgagehouse can be built if you have abigger plot size. While drawing the plot lines to build a burgage house,make sure you see the small house symbol with ahammerinside it. This indicates that the burgage house you will build can be upgraded to have a backyard extension.
Click on any burgage housewith a backyard extension andexplore options under the gear and hammer icon.

With the Orchardry skill unlocked and50 regional wealth, you canunlock the apple orchard backyard extension. Once this is done, thefamily will start planting apple trees.
The overall size of the backyard extension will impact the yield of apples. Make sure you have a bigger plot so the family occupying the house can plant more apple trees.
Apple orchards take three years to reachfull production. If your settlement struggles to manage food supplies, investing time and resources in apple orchards might not be the best choice, as it is a long-term commitment.
How To Use Orchards
There aretwo ways you can utilize the apple orchards. The first is tosupply the apples you get each year to the marketplacesfor a diverse food ration. This will ensure people in your settlement are getting food variety, which is essential for increasing the approval rating.
Thesecond method is to sell the applesusing theTrading Post building. Like other agricultural items, apples have a decent value if you sell them to other regions. Adozen houses with apple orchards will net a decent quantity of applesyearly that can be sold to make passive regional wealth income.