smallholding
Modest agricultural plot
A smallholding is a piece of agricultural land smaller than a typical farm, usually worked by one family and often focused on subsistence or small-scale production.
The term is used primarily in British English and suggests a modest plot where someone might raise vegetables, keep a few animals, or practice mixed farming without the scale of commercial agriculture.
They bought a smallholding in Wales and started keeping goats.
Storyline or land parcel
- acreageAmount of land owned
- parcelWrapped item for shipping
- hectaresMetric land measurements
- freeholdPermanent property title
leasehold · landholding · boundary · hedgerows · title · deed · enclosure · perimeter
Fostering growth through care
- tillageSoil preparation for planting
- plowingTurning earth for crops
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- harvestGathering mature crops
crop rotation · composting · mulching · weeding · hoeing · organic · permaculture · market garden
Family farm and dwelling
- family-ownedOperated by relatives
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
generations · tradition · custodianship · legacy · stewardship · succession · handed-down · tenant farmer
plot
Storyline or land parcel
freehold · leasehold · landholding · boundary · hedgerows · title · deed · enclosure · perimeter · paddock
cultivation
Fostering growth through care
harvest · crop rotation · composting · mulching · weeding · hoeing · organic · permaculture · market garden · subsistence
poultry
Birds raised for food
goats · sheep · pigs · cattle · grazing · husbandry · flock · dairy · eggs · beekeeping
homestead
Family farm and dwelling
- family-ownedOperated by relatives
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- heirloomInherited family treasure
inheritance · generations · tradition · custodianship · legacy · stewardship · succession · handed-down · tenant farmer · yeoman
countryside
Rural area beyond towns
village · hamlet · agrarian · provincial · outback · remote · isolated · off-grid · tranquil · idyllic
- farming typesfarming, ranching, dairy farming, organic farming, subsistence farming
- Old Farmingplowing, harvesting, sowing, threshing, winnowing
- rural homesfarmhouse, log cabin, country cottage, cottage, cabin
- rural propertiesfarm, ranch, farmhouse, farmstead, dairy farm
- farming settlementsfarming village, farming town, agricultural town, farmstead, rural hamlet
- farming systemssubsistence farming, collective farming, organic farming, mixed farming, tenant farming
smallholdingplantation
Large-scale farming operation
agribusiness · commercial farm · factory farm · industrial farm · ranch
smallholdingagribusiness
Commercial farming sector
industrial agriculture · commercial enterprise · market garden