These recycled jar lanterns are some of my favorite crafts this time of year! I used pressed white flower petals and red maple leaves to make the little shroomies, and affixed them with my homemade biodegradable glue (a couple coats should do!) Here’s my go-to compost-safe clear glue recipe, which you’ll assuredly want to save seeing as I use it all the time 😅 Here’s what you’ll need to make one cup of glue: 1 1⁄2 cups (350 ml) water 2 tablespoons of corn syrup or honey 1 teaspoon (4.9 ml) of v

Irish Fruit Soda, a simple cake with many names, what did you call it? Ingredients 16oz plain flour 1 teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda 1 tablespoon sugar 2 oz butter 3 oz dried fruit 1 egg 3/4 pint buttermilk Method Preheat oven to 170 c (fan) Sieve flour, bic of soda and sugar into a bowl, rub in the butter, add dried fruit. Break egg into milk and mix with a fork. Add enough liquid to form a nice soft dough. Turn out on a floured surface, knead lightly, place on a baking tray. Shape and flatten to