Seasonal living, food, and craft rooted in place
Stories, recipes, and handmade work shaped by life in the Finger Lakes.
From the Kitchen
Homemade Coffee Creamer
A simple, flexible recipe made with pantry staples—no thickeners, no artificial flavors, and nothing you can’t pronounce. Once you make it this way, it’s hard to go back to store-bought.
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Everyday recipes, made at home
These are the meals and small kitchen projects that show up again and again in our house, simple, seasonal, and meant to fit real days. Nothing fussy. Nothing trendy. Just good food, made with what’s on hand.
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Meet the author
Welcome, I’m Jennifer
I write about home and heritage through the lens of daily life: seasonal work, old materials, family stories, and the slow accumulation of meaning over time.
If you care about place, memory, and living thoughtfully where you are, you’re in the right place.
Food from the Finger Lakes kitchen
These recipes come out of the Finger Lakes landscape and kitchen tradition, simple meals, seasonal baking, and everyday dishes shaped by local ingredients, climate, and habit. Food that belongs where it’s made.
A life shaped by place
Home in the Finger Lakes is about more than projects or recipes. It’s about paying attention, to the seasons, the land, the objects we keep, and the small routines that shape everyday life. This is where those reflections live.
Raising chicks in the spring
Thinking about raising chicks this year? This spring guide covers the basics, timing, setup, brooder essentials, and what to expect in those first few weeks. Grounded advice from a real backyard setup, shaped by spring weather and farm life in the Finger Lakes.
Gardening in the Finger Lakes
Gardening here means working with short seasons, cold springs, late frosts, and whatever the weather decides to do next. These posts focus on practical planning, seasonal rhythms, and small decisions that make a home garden more manageable year after year.
