But he married a widow.
Washington was a pretty amazing farmer, introducing many unique agricultural ideas. Despite growing up within Virginia’s tobacco culture, he was an early proponent of abandoning tobacco for wheat, corn, oats, rye, and other grains that would help feed the growing population in America.
He raised over 60 different crops and used scientifically monitored crop rotations. He also was highly interested in developing more effective fertilizers, improved plow designs, innovative grain treading techniques (for which he built an eight-sided barn), and bred the first mules in America. He truly loved farming.
Careful, I'm related to that widow through Thomas Hunt. Rumor is he donated the swamp that became Washington, DC.
It is still a swamp.