There are a thousand blueberry bushes, in addition to plantings of blackberries, red currants, white currants, and gooseberries. Another three acres is planted to vegetables, herbs and perennial and annual flowers, including over a dozen varieties of sunflowers. Much of it is sold at the farmers markets in Burlington and Winooski. The berries also go to a few local restaurants. Like many other growers, Willow finds niches to fill, and sometimes has to abandon them and find new ones as markets become flooded.
Tomatoes are a good example.
We are really into heirloom tomatoes and have grown them for a long time. As a result income from the heirlooms has dropped. One niche that hasn't been occupied and probably won't be for some time, is sheep dairying. Willow Hill Farm began milking sheep two years ago and is now one of only four such operations in Vermont. There are fewer than 50 nationwide.