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Williwaw Farm is a 1/2 acre market garden located in Preston, MD.
We grow a diverse mix of seasonal produce using minimal tillage, lots of compost, hard work, and never any synthetic chemicals.
It all started with a Craigslist ad, in the summer of 2020. When the pandemic changed everyone’s plans and all of the jobs I had scheduled were cancelled, I went looking for land to lease to grow food. I found the site of two former chicken houses in Preston - it seemed like the only open land that wasn’t being planted with corn or soy, and I soon found out why. The chicken houses are gone, but the foundations remain, along with all of the debris that goes with them. The soil was a mix of sand, fill, pieces of cinder block and gravel, with a seemingly endless supply of the little red plastic nipple waterers that once delivered drinking water to the thousands of chickens raised here.
Today, the soil in the growing beds is unrecognizable from what we started with. By incorporating compost and organic matter, and removing rocks, concrete and garbage, this little patch of ground began to thrive.
If you’d like to see for yourself, get in touch to schedule a visit! Volunteers are always welcome to help harvest in exchange for vegetables on Tuesdays and Fridays!
Contact Becca at 401-451-4110 or growers@williwawfarm.com
Photo: Elizabeth Beggins