Forum:University farmer :D

So I just got Sims 3 University expansion pack and I went to my first term at the University to get my Art degree and when I came back home to earn enough money to go back to college I self employed myself to be a gardener and well... my garden is large and I would absolutely hate for my garden to die while I went back to school and finished my degree. So.. while my sim goes to college does the other town keep going or does it stop.. so when I come back my garden would be just like I left it..?