Established before drying
This is not a build-from-scratch flour mixture. It begins as a maintained culture used in a working micro-bakery in Princeton, British Columbia.
Bring a lively, established sourdough culture to your kitchen without paying a standard shipping charge. Our starter is carefully dehydrated in Canada for travel, then delivered with clear activation instructions.
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Dried starter lets an established culture travel safely without daily feeding. Once it arrives, you add flour and water according to the included instructions and gradually bring the culture back to an active, bubbly state.
This is not a build-from-scratch flour mixture. It begins as a maintained culture used in a working micro-bakery in Princeton, British Columbia.
Careful dehydration pauses the culture for shipping, making it compact, lightweight and suitable for its journey from Canada to Ireland.
Simple instructions walk you through activation. Once active, maintain it with regular flour-and-water feedings and use it in your favourite bakes.
A straightforward four-step journey from our Canadian micro-bakery to your home.
The mother culture is regularly fed and cared for in our working micro-bakery.
The established starter is dried to pause activity and prepare it for travel.
Your packet is sent using free standard shipping to an eligible Irish address.
Follow the included feeding steps until the culture becomes active and bubbly.
Free standard shipping is available to eligible addresses in the Republic of Ireland. Enter your full delivery details at checkout to confirm eligibility.
Include the recipient name, building or house information, locality, county and Eircode where applicable.
Your order travels from Canada, so allow time for international transit and possible customs processing.
This page and free-shipping message refer to eligible Republic of Ireland addresses, not Northern Ireland.
Any taxes, duties or handling fees assessed by local authorities or carriers are separate from our free standard shipping charge.
Follow the included activation instructions. If your starter still does not activate properly, our 100% Activation Guarantee provides a replacement or a full refund under the guarantee terms.
Read the full Activation GuaranteeYes. We offer free standard shipping to eligible Republic of Ireland delivery addresses. Your address will be checked during checkout. Any local import tax, duty or carrier handling fee is separate and is not a shipping charge collected by us.
No. This landing page is specifically for the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and may have different checkout, delivery and import arrangements.
Squirrelly Girl Starter is maintained and dehydrated in a working micro-bakery in Princeton, British Columbia, Canada, before being prepared for international shipping.
Dehydration places the sourdough culture into a dormant state. With flour, water, warmth and the included feeding process, it can become active and bubbly again.
Activation speed varies with water, flour and room temperature. Follow each stage of the included instructions and look for reliable bubbling and growth rather than rushing the process.
If you properly follow the activation instructions and the starter still fails, contact us. The 100% Activation Guarantee offers a replacement or full refund subject to its terms.
Order an established Canadian culture, dried for travel and sent with free standard shipping to eligible Republic of Ireland addresses.
Get Squirrelly Girl StarterInternational transit times can vary. Free standard shipping does not include taxes, duties or fees that may be assessed locally.
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Bake or Get Covered: If your starter fails to activate into a bubbly, active, bake-ready culture.
We’ll either send you a fresh replacement batch completely free or issue a 100% refund.
No hoops to jump through, no complicated returns, and no hard feelings.