Wild yeast

Capturing wild yeast is easy once you know the right technique to use. Morning Chores shows you two ways to capture wild yeast.

Learn to culture wild yeast for mead, cider, beer, and wine brewing. This natural yeast starter uses homegrown, freshly picked figs, but you can use many different fruits and edible flowers to culture wild yeast.

You don't need commercial yeast to make a delicious loaf of bread! Bake homemade bread with wild yeast from scratch with honey water or fruit water.

Since the dawn of humanity, people have enjoyed a deep relationship with yeasts. You may not realize it, but yeast spores are present everywhere. They’re in the air we breathe; in plants, flowers, fruits, and soil; and even on our skin. And, perhaps more importantly, yeast is a key ingredient used in making alcoholic drinks. More

The average person doesn’t give much thought to yeast – after all, yeast is yeast, right? We use it to make bread, it’s used to create alcoholic beverages, it comes in a package from the store. What more is there to know? Like many of our modern conveniences, there is a wild partner to it – and harnessing the power of wild yeast is easy to do. Advertisement Yeast is everywhere around us, even out in the bush. It is […]

Plan on 6-10 days for the first fermentation. After baking several yeast water breads with most of the water in the jar, it will take 1-3 days to refresh a new jar of yeast water.

Learn how to make a wild yeast starter for home brewing and natural sodas! This wild yeast starter is made using foraged berries, and is very easy to make.

Flour and water combine to make this easy sourdough starter recipe. Learn how to use wild yeaste to make sourdough starter from scratch, no yeast required.

I was never a fan of sourdough bread, till I met my husband… he really likes it. So being the good wife I am, I

Running out of yeast? Making your own homemade potato yeast is an affordable alternative to running to the store to purchase it. Particularly since yeast