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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
Here are the two exemptions: Homeowners age 65 and older: The homestead exemption applies to a primary home owned and occupied on Jan. 1 of the reassessment year.
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Matthew Glowicki,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
The homestead exemption does not apply to school interest and sinking taxes, which is a component of the property tax rate that goes toward debt from bond elections.
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Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
For those not at Borgo Santo Pietro during the pop-up, a visit to the hotel’s trattoria to order from the Fermenting Garden menu should do the trick, or even a leisurely tour of the vegetable garden itself.
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Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
9 July 2025
Check your garden and container dahlias at least weekly for spent flowers.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
9 July 2025
Behind the on-screen splendor are actual castles, manors, and stately palaces—many of which are still privately owned, maintained by noble families, or open to the public.
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Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
10 June 2025
Built in 1928 by oil baron Edward Doheny for his son, the manor and its cascading gardens offer views of the city and a quiet respite.
With different types of fillings—spinach orchard, ricotta or mozzarella, different types of cheese, and meats—chicken, lamb, beef or fish—there are many varieties and styles, from more traditional to more gourmet.
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Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
This property includes stables, riding tracks, fruit orchards, a fish pond, and a swimming pool.
To kickstart the cooking, a farm box, crowded with seasonal vegetables such as ramps and rutabaga, is delivered weekly from Amber Waves, a nearby nonprofit farm.
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Mary Holland,
Robb Report,
10 July 2025
In an era where capital is searching for resilience, 2025’s farm income rebound offers a rare data point: a sector that’s both profitable and under-allocated, at a time when both are hard to find.
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