The Fongoid Farmer was a Fongoid living on Zanifar. He was a farmer in the village who knew more about horticulture than any of the other Fongoids. When Dr. Nefarious crashed on Zanifar, he decided to help the Fongoid Foreman build his `new home`, a massive guard tower, however the Bolt Crank controlling the crane rusted up during a thunderstorm and they couldn`t finish the building until Oil Derrick Kappa was completed. When Ratchet appeared on Zanifar and approached the Farmer asking him what he was doing, the Fongoid explained that he had been planting Vines when he felt the urge to stop and help build Nefarious` outpost. He told Ratchet that Orvus was inside talking to Nefarious and thus the Lombax couldn`t see him. Ratchet then declared that he was interested in planting some vines, a