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BILL ALSO believes that big is not necessarily better, especially when it comes to gardens. “A lady called me, said she’d heard about my gardening and asked me to come over and see hers. She had a whole field plowed up! I told her she’d have to hire a man to take care of it for her.”
Bill’s garden is small but every inch of space is utilized and when one crop is pulled, another takes its place. “Only plant what you can take care of properly,” is his prime directive. “These people who plant a whole field of strawberries...We had three rows with eight plants in a row and we had all the strawberries we wanted for eating and plenty left for jam.”
Bill and Julia sell the produce that they don’t eat, preserve or give away, at the Warrenton Farmers Market. In its second year of operation, the Market is open on Saturdays from 8 o’clock until 2 and Wednesdays from 2 until 6. Only home-made and home-grown goods are sold.
A MEMBER of the Board of Directors for the Market, Bill is enthusiastic about the project. He doesn’t plan on making his fortune there but he does make enough to pay for his garden with some left over. While he feels the Market offers economic benefits to the downtown Warrenton businesses and a needed outlet for local vegetable growers, much of Bill’s en
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