I've been having such fun reading this thread since my tv shows are all in summer hiatus so I can't read those boards.
I am still waiting for the third egg (17 trips so far) but our cat caught a chipmunk near the back door. So one of us got lucky today! And she's over 19 years old which is something like 94 years old for humans. I feel so slow....
I saved almost all my treasure troves to replenish jewels and got 50 of them from 15 troves. I also got four diamonds and one pitcher plant, which was cool. The other stuff was all pretty ordinary. I'm crafting jewels whenever I don't need the forge to keep up with the Ice Brands and Dragon Armor. I'm barely keeping up with seeds and will also need to craft more regular armor. Down to five Mithral so that may be the big problem. I put in a third conservatory and got two seeds on my first collection which was a shocker; don't expect that to keep up! I might do as others and wait til the last minute to decide if I want to use up most of my gems on the last egg. It is the one I like the best..
I appreciated the idea of using Trade with Polaris for trade tickets - I had tons of hot chocolate and a good stock of flour and sugar, so I agree it's a quicker way than the milk/eggs trade. Plenty of time to grow that sugar and wheat down the road! And I have a few chickens I can pull out of storage.