A small piece of land where people grow food or keep animals for themselves, not for selling.
Smallholdings are usually seen as simple and traditional ways of living off the land.
Examples:
They have a smallholding where they grow vegetables.
The smallholding has chickens and goats.
The smallholding is very pretty with all the flowers.
The smallholding is like a small farm.
Their smallholding is like a little piece of heaven.
I want a smallholding with lots of animals!