Let's check in on our baby sourdough starter. If you are just joining us, make sure to check out Part 1 first. In that video, I explain how to set up what will eventually be your jar of wonderfully versatile and useful sourdough starter!
Here in part two, we check in the jar a day later to see if anything is brewing yet. With a somewhat cooler night, it looks like the sourdough starter is not showing visible signs of activity (like bubbles). That's okay! If you are trying to catch wild yeast, particularly during cold months, don't get discouraged if it seems like nothing is happening. As you see here in the video, just continue to reduce it, feed it, and use your senses to gauge its health. There is yeast in there, guaranteed. We just need to maintain a good environment to let it do its thing.
I have to emphasize, by the way, how important it is to reduce and feed your starter every day (sometimes twice a day in really warm weather). When this video series lived on YouTube, I had lots of troubleshooting questions from people who couldn't figure out why their starters weren't working out. About 80% of the time, the answer was just to keep reducing, feeding, and waiting!
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