February marked the first full month for the Sourdough Improvement Skool community. We started the month at 13 members and are now at 25! As I wrote back on Feb. 1, you all continue to be positive, generous, kind, and encouraging which is the best thing about our community. Keep it up! Show up for one another, share your baking successes and struggles, and help shape this community into a unique and valuable 'home' for sourdough bakers! ✅ You've requested 40 BreadScore analysis reports, up from a dozen at the start of February. ✅ We routinely see 100+ daily activities in the community! Even 200+ a couple of times! ✅ The classroom is being built out with recipes, guides, and the Sourdough Identity Quest (try it!). ✅ You've embraced the daily themes and are using those to share regularly with each other. Everything here is free, unlimited, and for your benefit. Take advantage of that. If you know others who would be a great fit and find this community valuable, please consider inviting them to join. (You can use the Invite People link on the right side of the Community page.) Please let me know what you would like to see here! My only goal for this group is to make it great for all of you. And if you're part of this community and haven't checked in for a while, just take a few minutes to look around, explore, and see what we've been up to. One last thing...our member of the month is DENISE VERDIECK! @Denise Verdieck has been an indispensable presence here almost from day 1. Her commitment to constant improvement in her baking is inspirational, and her dedication to engaging with others in this community makes this a much better place than it would be without her. Congratulations, Denise!

Here are our latest members. Make them feel at home! @Mollie Rudd 🎉 @Stew Holland 🎉 @Pam Prell 🎉 @Bryce Zamecnik 🎉

I've added something I hope will be fun, interesting, and helpful to the classroom. It is just a quick worksheet to help you better understand your 'sourdough persona'. Take a quick look and tell me what you think. And if you're willing, share what you discover! Get started here: #Sourdough Identity Quest: Who are you?

I put together a series of videos about sourdough bulk fermentation. I chose these videos based on my personal high-view of them and/or high ratings and/or high number of views. You can find it in the classroom and get started here: #Bulk Fermentation: Video Learning Series Let me know if any of these videos prove helpful to you in mastering one of the most difficult processes in sourdough baking. How confident are you about being able to judge when bulk fermentation is done?

We're so glad you're here! A great place to start is to head to the classroom and complete the Sourdough Identity Quest. Then come back here, introduce yourself, and let us know what you discovered about your 'sourdough persona.' Peruse the posts, check out the classroom offerings, and engage with other members! A little about BreadScore™ ➡️ This is a tool that provides objective feedback on your baking based on visual analysis. 🌟 I think it is easier to see that in action than to try to explain it just now, so just head over to the BreadScore™ New Requests chat to see how it works. And next time you have a few pictures of a baked loaf, enter a request! 🌟 Thank you for being here! If you have any questions please feel free to post them anytime. ---------------------- ➡️ And just a little bit more...Sourdough Improvement Skool is a small but growing community (and just over a month old! Just a baby!) My goal here isn’t to be super slick or flashy. I just want members like you to stick around and be part of something that feels right and feels helpful and feels meaningful. I hope you will. ➡️ More about me. My day job is in strategic planning, but in a previous life I spent several years as a professional artisan baker. I’ve continued to bake bread off and on ever since. I still bake a couple times a week most weeks. ➡️ What makes this group special, truly, is the community members! Jump in. Be active. Engage. Share your successes and struggles. Let's improve our sourdough baking together!