as in farm
a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock
many of the area's proud, old farmsteads have been bulldozed by developers to make way for condominiums
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Andrew and David Shriver Jr., who started the business enterprise at Union Mills in 1797, were born at the Little Pipe Creek farmstead in the 1760s.
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Samuel M. Riley, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2024
The site is near an ancient quarry, two burial caves and the remains of a Roman-era farmstead.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
The Tree of Man describes almost the entire lifetimes of a husband and wife living simply on a farmstead in the Australian bush, in ceaselessly interesting, dramatic prose.
—The Week Us, theweek, 7 May 2024
The museum includes a re-creation of a historic village as well as eight working farmsteads and heirloom gardens.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 23 July 2024
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Samuel M. Riley, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2024
The site is near an ancient quarry, two burial caves and the remains of a Roman-era farmstead.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
The Tree of Man describes almost the entire lifetimes of a husband and wife living simply on a farmstead in the Australian bush, in ceaselessly interesting, dramatic prose.
—The Week Us, theweek, 7 May 2024
The museum includes a re-creation of a historic village as well as eight working farmsteads and heirloom gardens.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 23 July 2024
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“Farmstead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmstead. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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