"The best way to raise bread!"

I hope you will join me in making better Sourdough bread and sharing the knowledge with others. It is a wonderful and relaxing hobby.

Sourdough is easy to make, but must be taken care of. Never use tap water (chlorine kills yeast), and continually replace it as you use it.  

If you've never made bread before, why not start with this beginning bread making site. 

Useful information to get you started - then you can try your hand at making sourdough with a little more confidence.

http://www.nyx.net/~dgreenw/sourdoughfaqs.html

In the beginning, all risen breads were sourdough, or naturally leavened, breads, and there is no real reason they can't be today. There was no store-bought yeast. Baking your own bread can be time consuming and a lot of people today don't set aside time for doing something the old fashioned way. They have learned to rely on frozen foods and microwaves. Using commercial baking yeast was brought about to save time, not to make better bread. With practice, you can get the taste, crumb and rise you want from sourdough.

This is a helpful link for newbies. Be sure to read this part: Section (III) Beginning Recipes and Suggested Techniques. The recipes go from easy to harder.