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Today we’d like to introduce you to Kira King

Hi Kira, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
My husband and I are both Savannah natives. We attended Catholic schools until college when we attended the University of Georgia. We both grew up playing sports, but I also rode horses off and on as a child. Through this, I developed a deep love of horses and always knew I wanted to live on a farm one day. After a brief riding hiatus, I jumped headfirst back into horses while in college when my mother told me I needed to look for a job. I found one at a local stable and worked my way up to Barn Manager. Arthur had never been around horses, but he’s always loved animals so it wasn’t a hard transition for him to start appreciating them too. Early in my senior year of college, my family bought a horse for me to train so that my younger siblings could also ride. They never did get into riding, but Willow, my draft cross mare, is still with us 12 years later. Shortly thereafter, Arthur bought a horse too, and a year later, he ended up proposing to me on that horse.

Arthur and I have been together since we were 14 years old. We’ve gone to school together since we were four, and our grandmothers were good friends. Savannah is a growing town, but it has a small-town feel, especially in the Catholic community. We always knew we wanted to own a little homestead/farm. It initially started as a place for our horses to be in our backyard, but it quickly grew to a diversity of plants and animals and now children. The lessons children learn on a homestead/farm are immeasurable. We see its fruits already in our 5-year-old daughter. If it was up to her, she’d never come inside. She has too much fun playing with our Livestock Guardian Dogs, Pearl and Opal, and our pet potbelly pig, Cora. She helped us with our goats while they birthed their first set of babies this year, and she was in heaven. She stayed up late into the night with us to witness the birth of four, healthy and strong Nubian kids, and now she helps us milk their mother. Besides love and responsibility, a homestead grounds you. It reminds you what’s important in this world. Taking a part in being a producer instead of always a consumer helps you be even more grateful for the many blessings in your life.

When Arthur and I were sophomores in college, we started an online cooking show called…

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