Wild Loaf Lab

Husband and wife team making artisan sourdough tools for you! Kirtley: Sourdough teacher 2+ years. Josh: Wood magician making magic in our garage.
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Coming soon: Online sourdough classes, more sourdough tools! www.wildloaflab.com Based in Hayden, ID

09/01/2026

Thank you to the Utah State Fair for supporting and choosing us! What an honor!

I actually grew up in Utah so it makes it extra special.

I am newly obsessed with state/county fairs because of the way it brings out the best things in a community and puts it all in one place.

One earlier fond memory of the Utah State Fair was my Gaga taking us and buying us Dipping Dots and her favorite black pepper spice brand (random and so cute).

I remember watching the army hang bar contest and am determined to win that one year lol.

Anyway- excited for the upcoming winner in the Utah sourdough division and CONGRATS in advance! 🫶✨️🫶

09/01/2026

How to feed your sourdough starter for your VERY FIRST TIME!

For making your first loaf this week, we won't use ratios or grams. We'll keep it bare bones easy!

Lesson one in Bake Your First 4 Loaves in 4 Weeks Mini Series.

Don't be afraid to mess it up- you only learn by trying. 🫶

Your assignment is to keep your starter on the COUNTER this week and feed it daily to get used to what it looks like and how it behaves.

Comment with where you got your starter! Did anyone get a starter for the first time?

Let's WIN sourdough together!

08/31/2026

Join my mini series on "Bake Your 1st Four Loaves in 4 Weeks"!

Lesson 0 on your first task: Get a healthy sourdough starter!

This is for total beginners. We will bake 1 loaf a week and gradually I'll teach you the more complex steps of sourdough.

This week will be a VERY BASIC loaf and we will be totally fine if it turns out a lousy loaf.

Let's hurry up and mess up,
So you can overcome fear of failure,
Paralysis of analysis, or whatever is holding you back,
get better faster!

Coming up next: How to feed it once you get it.

Comment below 👇

If you have a starter (what's it's name??),
If you need to find a starter
Where you plan in finding your starter.

Be fearless! Let's WIN sourdough together!

08/31/2026

Hey friends! I am launching a fun mini series called, "Bake Your First 4 Loaves in 4 Weeks" for the month of September!

Basically the first week I'll start with daily videos of how to make bread and keep the videos super simple.

Each week I'll add more details to the process-

This helps prevent the paralyzation from overwhelm.

Each week I'll also ask for a photo of your bread and give feedback for the first X people who share (depends on how many people participate).

The goal is to go from your first lousy loaf to a lovely loaf by thoverwhelming. 🍾🍾🫶🫶✨️✨️

This will be a super fun and interactive process!

It's basically a free class broken down easy style.

Comment "I'm in" and follow Wild Loaf Lab to get the videos. You can change setting to get noticed when I post.

Your first assignment: go find some healthy sourdough starter! Ask a friend, a baker, a farmstand, FB marketplace. People LOVE sharing their starter.

If you're up here in Coeur D' Alene Idaho come by to get some free starter!

Let's do this!

08/27/2026

He's currently researching ancient techniques of how people used linseed oil to finish products- to shed any brilliant light on choices we make for our super clean finish we use.
We are always on the hunt for how to deliver the highest quality wooden products to you. 🫶 We 'loaf' you!

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08/24/2026

So happy to be back for my 2nd time judging at the North Idaho State Fair in the sourdough category!

There were a lot fewer entries than last year, and I am SO proud of everyone who entered!!

It takes some courage and an “I’ll try even if I don’t win” attitude, which I admire greatly.

Not many people have that attitude, as was seen by the low number of entries this year…

Which brings me to encourage YOU to enter your State Fair next year!

Even just for fun.
Even if you don’t win.

How to enter:

In MAY, the category booklet comes out with the criteria and entry DATES.

Call your State Fair fairgrounds office about it or check your library—they usually give them out there.

Our State Fair is always in August. Sourdough is perishable, so you turn it in the day before the Fair opens.

Usually, entries are free, or $1 if you enter the day it’s due instead of online.

So easy!

Don’t overthink it. Just have fun.

I am obsessed with the State Fair and love the community it offers.

Hundreds of adults and children (4 and up) enter all sorts of categories—from crayon drawings, photos, flowers, bell peppers or sunflowers you grew, the Lego fort your son made, to the pie you’re learning how to make.

It’s sooo spectacular.

I hope you have a chance to attend your State Fair—or enter something next year!

Congratulations again to all the sourdough people who entered! 👏👏

08/14/2026

Have you wondered why this common household tool is called a bench scraper? What's a bench anyway?

For you own heirloom wooden bench scraper check out our site at Wild Loaf Lab dot com. 🫶

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83814

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