She looked at the tiny plot of land surrounded on all sides by a six-foot wooden fence.
Nearly each tiny plot in the back of the crowded buildings was used for growing food or keeping chickens.
Several said it made little economic sense to split up their land into tiny plots owned by a large number of children.
In the summer months, the neighborhood's many gardeners turn their tiny plots into elegant gardens.
Next was a tiny fenced plot with a cow in it.
Peasants with tiny plots of land would inevitably give way to bigger agricultural enterprises.
During their few free hours, the slaves cultivated their own tiny plots.
"You'd have the land to do what you want with, not some tiny plot you couldn't help starving on."
In the 1960's, the tiny private plots fed half the country, but then Khrushchev took all their animals away.
To make matters worse, the Kamiyas' land is divided into 30 tiny plots.