You cannot get your spouse to do the work. Your wife will simply walk around the island and shop (so I've heard), or if you are playing a a girl, your husband will go to where he used to work and calls your work your "cute little farming thing".
You can however, a year after they are born, get your child to help you. they will offer to help and what they do is collect eggs, milk cows, or water and harvest crops. You can find what they collect in the shipping bin, and you'll receive a report on their progress at 4 pm.
No. Your spouse can not ride horseback, unless you are just playing a mini-game.
I believe it is when you become better acquainted with him, or after you get a spouse.
Keep your spouse happy and two seasons after your married you or your wife will get pregnant.
Get 10 hearts from your spouse and then one season after that you will be told by the clinic that you or your wife is pregnant. then a while after that you will have a child. Go to hmhelper.blogspot.com with questions and/or email him questions at hmhelper@gmail.com
You will know because an event happens. Your character and her spouse will go to the Doctor's Office and find out you are going to have a child. If you haven't gotten that scene then your character is not pregnant.
In Harvest Moon Magical Melody your spouse will move in with you, but he will only move in to your first house, So your spouse did move in with you.
Typically the spouse will inherit the property of a deceased spouse. A will may assign things to other beneficiaries. Consult a licensed attorney in the state in question.
No. He or she will sleep in the same room as your character and her spouse.
You can't. He/She will always sleep in your bed.
Ducks will come to it after a storm, and then your spouse will ask you if you want to keep them. :)
You have to wait 3 months for a baby.
The dark pink hearts are the "marriage hearts" that become available after you get married to someone. They represent 2 hearts total, so that 3 dark pink hearts and 7 light pink hearts total to 13 hearts. Once your spouse is at 14 hearts (15 for the Wizard or Witch and 16 for the Harvest King or Goddess), and you have a level 3 house, your spouse will talk to you about having a baby. Once your spouse is at 20 hearts, you will receive a Power Berry.