What Had Happened Was…The Story
Our homesteading adventure started when our family of 6 moved ‘back home’ with our parents after being evicted after a massive income loss. When I say our family, I’m talking about myself (Kanani she/her/we/our), Michael (he/him), Kel (he/him), Shon (he/him), Lea (she/her) and Atlas (he/him)
‘Back home’ looked like converting a portable building, originally 640 sq. ft, to a 1500 sq. ft. home. Tiny living paired with super tight funds, we cut back, downsized, and started thinking outside the box to live a life with more time and financial freedom.
When the seriousness of the Coronavirus set in early 2020, we found ourselves in survival mode and made the leap to offer seasonal goods and services to our local community.
We did it all in 2020! Kanani was the #PlantPlug, Michael made beautiful garden beds and decks and Kel & Shon, our teenage boys, started selling firewood. Kanani hosted nature-based children’s yoga classes and educated 20+ people on how to forage for life everlasting. We helped over 20 people get their own gardens started by offering garden set ups and sold over 250 seedlings to help gardeners get a jump start.
We filled a need for contact and comfort in 2020 by creating a unique experience by offering bunny snuggles and taking our bunnies to schools, homes, care centers and businesses.
We cultivated a community of 900+ Black Chicks with Chickens on Facebook that share the love for chicken tending and swap knowledge tidbits in a safe space.
We partnered with our church home and local non-profits to deliver food to families in our rural community and supported local efforts to make sure those disproportionately impacted by COVID weren’t forgotten.
As we grow with the flow, we look forward to:
building relationships in our physical community and find ways to support our existing community helpers
bring more recreational and learning opportunities about plants and rabbits to youth and adults in our physical and online community
building quality homestead-y structures and garden beds
selling seasonal, homemade goods
We invite you to witness us as we figure it out!
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Kanani Burns
FOUNDER
On the go mom of 4, Kanani is known for her love of plants, rabbits and her deep desire to break generational traumas passed down to her family. Other hats she wears include youth yoga instructor, community cultivator, Christian catechist, and student of horticulture.
Get in Touch.
Our homestead is located in Huger, SC. As you can imagine we’re busy outdoors quite often and don’t have our cell phones on us at all times so we can be sure to be present to whatever tasks are at hand. Get in touch with us via email below and we’ll get back to you within 48 hours.