Tameing the wild yeast....

First you catch the yeast... you make a flour, water and honey slurry... then take it for a walk out doors... sit in the shade, let it breathe.... and seduce the yeast thats floating around everywhere to come and grace your slurry with its presence..... 

Mine took about a week to get lively...adjusting the ratios till I got it at 50/50.... and twice what I need on a given day.... its all gurgley... one cup of the starter to one cup of flower... is just right...
since it works out to 1-1/2 cups four to 1 cup water...the magical 3 to one ratio... I use half the glass...... then fill it up again with half water an half flour slurry and it mutates into sourdough...

The reason I use a glass is so I can see bubbles come up the sides which tells me all is well on the yeast ranch... the critters are healthy an happy..... I use half of it each day an recharge the yeast food....I could dry or freeze it for later.... but this is easier... you can see the dough ball working in the background under the glass thanks to my little microbial slaves....