Meet Bertha. She is a little over a year old now. This is where she lives: This is what she looks like when she's way too hungry: She shouldn't look like this. When she separates out, that is a sign she is starving. I had let this go a day or two over the two week mark. After a quick stir and she's back to normal: This is what she looks like soon after she's fed: She pretty much puffs up to double This is what she looks like when she's ready to go back in the refrigerator for two weeks before her next feed: She sort of falls Bertha has a nice flavor that has developed over the year. At first she wasn't that sour. I had a previous sourdough starter that was several years old and had a really sour taste. Unfortunately, I neglected it and it died. I recently read that you can dry out some of the starter. After it is dry you smash it up into a powder. You can now save it to revive it at a future date. I actually killed two st...