Once you start traveling by boat from Darkmere, you'll quickly find that it becomes somewhat challenging to take a boat someplace else and make it back the same day.1. What exactly do the stables do? I mean, how does the fast travel work given that you can walk everywhere quickly anyway? And are the other bonuses really worth it?
Not impossible, though, and I believe a lot of people don't bother with the Stables.
Garden early, Gazebo later.2. Garden vs Gazebo. What do you guys think?
Once you unlock Burakumin Village in Raikan and particularly after you unlock Zapin Fields, food stops being an issue.
But do note that you have 5 building slots. No reason you can't have (almost) all. Just remember to check which buildings can go where before making decisions.