Kalyn at Elbon Mill Farm

Kalyn at Elbon Mill Farm Keeping it real here on the farm! Sharing my messy life and the skills I’ve learned farming in WV. I freaked out! Creepy!

How Elbon Mill Farm got its name...

My husband and I purchased the farm in 2013 after being transferred from his company's Pennsylvania office to its West Virginia office. We are both originally from WV but spent two years in PA for his job. When we were looking for a house we could pick any city in central WV. Every house we liked had something major wrong with it or went into contract before we

could make an offer. I finally found a farm for sale in Buckhannon, WV which I thought was funny because my great grandparents were from there and when I was little I said I could never live there. It got even more ironic when I realized the house was on the same road as the cemetery where my great grandparents are buried. My husband went and looked at the house and decided he liked it. While he was looking at the house I was still in PA trying to figure out where exactly the farm was and where the property lines were so I could figure out how much pasture there was. While looking at the maps I made the discovery that the property bordered Ours Mill Road and was across from the Elbon Cemetery. The Ours Mill was owned by my great granddad's family! Both of my great grandparent's families are buried in the Elbon Cemetery! There are even pictures of me playing in the river by the property! We bought the farm and then I started to do some researching. The property was once a part of my great-great-great-great-great grandparent's farm on my great grandmother's side, the old log cabin was located just around the hill from us. If my great granddad's family mill hadn't burned, I could probably see it from our hill. My nana used to visit her grandmother just down at the bottom of the hill, the old stone foundation is even still there. The family stories are just all around me here. Without even knowing it and with no real desire to do so we had purchased my history. So in honor of those ancestors dragging my butt back to my roots, I named the farm Elbon Mill Farm. "Elbon" for my great grandmother's family farm on Elbon Hill, and "Mill" for my great granddad's Ours Mill. Now I just have to try to make something of this place to make it worthy off the name.

Look!! Diarrhea free lettuce!!! 😂Lettuce, beans, peppers, microgreens and tomatoes in trade for quail eggs. Feel like I ...
09/05/2026

Look!! Diarrhea free lettuce!!! 😂

Lettuce, beans, peppers, microgreens and tomatoes in trade for quail eggs. Feel like I got the better deal from my cousin. Didn’t even know the microgreens were in there til I got home. ❤️

I don’t know why I don’t grow microgreens myself cuz I actually really really like them!

Hey we got mail today that was meant for the Adrian PSD. I assume they prolly have a drop box and I don’t care to drop i...
09/04/2026

Hey we got mail today that was meant for the Adrian PSD. I assume they prolly have a drop box and I don’t care to drop it off so somebody doesn’t get their water turned off, but I don’t know exactly where the Adrian PSD is and it’s not coming up on maps. Can somebody tell me where it’s at?

I never noticed this on our dogfood before. The idea of a bag lasting 8 weeks makes me giggle. And also makes me jealous...
09/03/2026

I never noticed this on our dogfood before. The idea of a bag lasting 8 weeks makes me giggle. And also makes me jealous. We’d save soooo much money if a bag lasted us that long 😂

After that stupid hen hatched 18 babies in my garage I have even more chickens than I planned for. 😑 The coop is already...
09/03/2026

After that stupid hen hatched 18 babies in my garage I have even more chickens than I planned for. 😑 The coop is already crowded cuz I’m behind in getting the mini coops built, so they can’t go in the main coop. But I’m not ready to cull yet cuz I need them to finish growing before I decide who stays or goes.

Thankfully since Christina Cutright got rid of her chickens they brought me one of her old coops for me to use temporarily until I can decide who stays and who goes. Gonna toss a coat of paint on it cuz she said it had started to leak a tiny bit and then gonna put it up in the one acre with a temporary fence and finally get the young garage birds outta the yard. My poor husband has tolerated chicken 💩 everywhere entirely too long at this point. 😕

I saw a toad hopping around the side by side. I didn’t wanna run it over so I went to grab it. It was NOT in fact a toad...
09/03/2026

I saw a toad hopping around the side by side. I didn’t wanna run it over so I went to grab it. It was NOT in fact a toad. 😳

Thank god it was faster than my hand!!! I would’ve died if my brain hadn’t caught up to my hand and stopped me from grabbing it. Just thinking about having its fat furry body in my hand is still tweaking me out. 💀

Guess who just phased outta PT?? 🥳10/10 recommend Country Roads in Buckhannon. They’ve been great, super friendly, and t...
09/01/2026

Guess who just phased outta PT?? 🥳

10/10 recommend Country Roads in Buckhannon. They’ve been great, super friendly, and they very much worked with me specifically on my needs.

I had my first pain free moment since spring last week. It only lasted about 2 hrs and caused me a panic attack 😅 But it was literally the first time in over 3 mths that I hadn’t been in constant pain.

Fingers crossed I learned my limits, that I keep improving, and I don’t ever have to go back to PT even though the folks there are great! 🤞🏼

Mystery grab bags are up again on Mary’s and this will be the last until next year! There’s an herb/flower one too. And ...
09/01/2026

Mystery grab bags are up again on Mary’s and this will be the last until next year! There’s an herb/flower one too. And yes, I did grab another of each. Can’t help it, I love the surprise of the seeds 🤷🏻‍♀️

Available 9/1/2026 with very limited availability 2026 Heirloom Seeds Mystery Grab Bag All seed packs are labeled with the specific variety of seeds and packaged in 2026. No duplicates in each "grab bag" but we cannot guarantee no duplicates if you purchase multiple bags. This is an awesome value! $...

I really do love the mantises. Even when they give me a heart attack when I reach for the water jug 😂Also, I swear as so...
09/01/2026

I really do love the mantises. Even when they give me a heart attack when I reach for the water jug 😂

Also, I swear as soon as all the chickens are in the coops where they belong I’m pressure washing my entire garage. Between the p**p on the concrete and the snail trails all over the siding it’s freakin gross!! 🤢

That explains a lot…couldn’t figure out why I suddenly couldn’t breathe out my nose. I don’t usually deal with allergies...
08/31/2026

That explains a lot…couldn’t figure out why I suddenly couldn’t breathe out my nose. I don’t usually deal with allergies, but I’m pretty sure snorting a bunch of pollen still causes your nose to run as it tries to deal with all the foreign particles. 🤧😑

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