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Recent Examples of smallholdingToday, countless smallholdings here still tend to the crop, like Jackie Russell, who offers tours of her family’s farm, a 25-acre site producing the Sugarloaf.—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025 According To Nutritionists By Hannah Coates The rural setting of Glebe House, a restaurant with rooms surrounded by a 15-acre smallholding, is crucial to the spell of the place, which is heavy on Devonshire air and the scent of baking porridge bread.—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024 Its contemporary décor is a world away from Heathcliff’s ramshackle smallholding, and includes luxuries like a swimming pool.—Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018 Today, farmers from 1,448 smallholdings, including representatives of 25 ethnic minority groups such as the Lahu and Wa, bring their crops to Nestlé’s spanking new Pu’er headquarters.—Time, 5 Apr. 2018
But the former homestead exemption still caught the attention of Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Beatrice Butchko Sanchez during a hearing in the residency case Wednesday morning.
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Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
Like with Proposition 11, districts that lose revenue because of the homestead exemption increase are eligible for additional state aid.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Oct. 2025
This swivel chair combines Martha Stewart’s classic farmhouse style with comfort.
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Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Kinder Morgan made headlines in 2021 when one of its gas pipelines in Coolidge exploded near a farmhouse killing a man and his 14-year-old daughter, and injuring one more.
The Spanish subjugated and enslaved the indigenous population of the Canaries—the Guanches—exporting some of them to Madeira or Europe, while others were forced to labor on Canarian sugar plantations.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
Keswick is, of course, full of large estates; many were plantations in the 18th century, but have since been transformed.
Virginia‘s countryside is dotted with traditional farmhouses and manors, but one in the foothills of the Southwest Mountains has been given a contemporary twist by a New York architect.
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Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
23 Oct. 2025
For instance, this year’s manor includes a speakeasy-style cocktail lounge in the basement erected from scratch.
Taking a trip to the pumpkin patch or apple orchard is almost a requirement for fall.
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Andrea Beck,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Oct. 2025
This year’s festival is an expansion of the annual Apple Festival of past years, offering insights into the early history of the area, the pioneers who planted apple orchards, games, square dancing, food, music and crafts.
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Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
Crossing to Scotland, Lerwick adds Shetland ponies and stone crofts, Kirkwall delivers Norse-meets-Scottish history and Skara Brae-era vibes, and Edinburgh’s skyline crowns it with castle views before the elegant glide up the Thames to Greenwich.
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Jill Schildhouse,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, as the Highland Clearances violently removed tenant-farmer Scots from their crofts, the more communal, indoor instruments all but disappeared.
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