I actually have all the party members already, I stopped Main Quest at the part where I'm supposed to meet Varea and Frall so I could work on side quests and events, lol.
I haven't been back to Bitterroot Farm except to get Love Potions from Zady, so I'll try talking to the farmer and poking at it on the Country Upgrade map. Hopefully that will give me Hops so I can get Beer (and Grapes for Wine) and finish out the upgrades. I've met Lielle and done her dungeon, so the next thing with her is in Dorgania I think, and I'm pretty sure that DOES require progressing Main Quest some more. For Aleah, I think passing time also means MQ progression, since she's been in the castle with her first two scenes Good Path scenes done since I met her 25 levels ago. Thanks for the help. I'll poke around for the other stuff tomorrow since it's getting late and I'd rather not end up sleeping till noon