You can put stairs, slabs, trapdoors near a farmland block, even if the stairs do not give access to water.
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MC-134107
Its possible normal farming with all waterlogged blocks
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Minecraft 1.13, Minecraft 1.13.1
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WAI for two reasons. 1. Waterlogged blocks still act as water source blocks for this purpose, so even without all of the pure water source blocks there the farmland should be sustained. 2. Farmland does not need to be directly connected to water for it to be hydrated.