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Honey, the peanuts take 4 days to harvest, I can't get more than 400 planted at one time unless I delete my buildings and have no trees or animals...that's not going to happen! I'd say it's at least 2 weeks, probably closer to 3 
UGH! Oh the sanity! 
 
Whats harder is the downy feather to make a comforter...only got one comforter made and need another one for that "settling" in bedroom set. 
Oh I feel for you guys got manure, the only thing that uses them is the saltpeter to make fireworks but I am sure there are other uses like fertilizing the garden! That way you can get your coins faster by harvesting/putting out manure out in gardens. That would be a good solution to earn more points or more XP.
As for the tools, I would just keep putting them in inventory, I have a feeling they will have something planned for it.
The more neighbors you get the better your chances are but however, it sure takes ALOT of time to gift and work on people's farms. 
Anyone got good luck in the schooling part??????? No wonder my kid is getting so backward education and harder to get all the ribbons for it. Jeez, teachers back in those days dont want ribbons, they want chickens!!!!!!!!
You can get downy feathers from the news feed, the chicken collection, or the goose collection