If you've been checking out Grow a Garden 2 Items, the Gnome is one of those tools that sounds a bit silly at first, then suddenly feels pretty useful once someone starts hovering near your crops. It is not just for show. In practice, it acts like a short-term guard for your plot, and a lot of players end up using it when they know a night cycle is coming or their garden has something worth stealing. So, what does the Gnome actually do in a real ...