Starter maintenance! I hope my kid analogy didn’t confuse you more, but I often think of my starter as alive (since it is!) and consider its status all the time! Here’s the schedule I give my clients when they come to me for private consults. I can’t tell you how often it just boils down to their starter: In this example, we’re assuming you’ll bake 2 loaves for your family, once a week, on Sundays, and you keep your starter in the fridge until you feed it and use most of it up. This way, you won