Your work is awesome as usual. A few extra things.
additional notes. I've noticed no increase in fall crops quality when Rowan is tending them? (The cow with the experienced botanist trait) I've yet to test Rowan on crops in any other season. EDIT: Correction Beans did not get the upgrade stat, but onions did.
On that note, I don't know if this is deliberate but Moo (the cow with reduced stamina consumption) seems to consume a regular stamina amount when working the farm? That may not be a bug, the stamina skill may not be intended to reduce anything other than milk consumption, but with the wording as it is I figured I'd report it since the wording doesn't imply just milking stamina is reduced. I have not yet hired another reduced stamina employee this month yet, to test if all use normal stamina gardening.
Also year 1 cooking contest. THIS may not be a bug but is it not winnable? I had max cooking skill this try through but when I tried the difficult dish it told me I didn't have enough skill? Then when I insisted (cause I had max skill cooking) I failed? That might be intentional though :-D