THE ZOURDOUGH COMMUNITY

I bought couple of starters on eBay from here, but never having tried sourdough bakng I thought it would be good to try making my own starter first to work out the procedures needed to grow a starter. I'm working on day 6 and Fern is going strong. Plan is once she's up and going to dry some out in case something goes wrong she'll still be with me. Mr. Mayagi said it best " First learn crawl, then learn walk, then learn run".

So need help with my Sammy. I'm not GF but know a lot so thought I would try. Came out flat. Followed recipes posted here too. Was it my started, my flour or just my GF skills. Also used Bob's red mill since the cup4cup has dairy and my HF peeps are also dairy free.

How do you preserve a starter if you will not be using it right away? Can i vacuum seal and freeze?