Correct Definition?

[Avalon]

'Allo all,

I know this is a bit of a strange question and I wasn't sure quite where to post this, but if you want to set up a place to support just your own family, which will include, say, chickens, pigs and vegetables, is 'smallholding' the correct descriptive term, or is it something else?

Thanks in advance!

Avalon

[Annpan]

Yes I think it is a small holding, though I refer to my own 1/2 acre of land as a mini holding

[Ellendra]

Depends where you are. In the US that's a homestead.

[happy place]

if you want to be fussy about these things i think a smallholding is a parcel of land under 50acres and used to grow crops and keep livestock ; if there are no animals it becomes a market garden.
dont ask me where i got the figure of 50 acres from it is just in my head from somewhere that this is the amount of land that is need to be a farm
hope this has helped