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Turning in winter: how do you manage?

woven-yarrow-46
Turning in winter: how do you manage?

Happy to share what worked for me if anyone's interested.

wild-yarrow-963 more

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.
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wild-hazel-88

wild-yarrow-96 wrote:

Whatever you pick, pick it soon.

Ha, I thought I was the only one.
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dusky-wren-681 more

wild-yarrow-96 wrote:

Whatever you pick, pick it soon.

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.
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hollow-sedge-14

The cheap option was fine for years.
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tidal-lichen-262 more

The official docs are better than they look.
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bright-pine-42

Same experience here.
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copper-fern-73

tidal-lichen-26 wrote:

The official docs are better than they look.

This deserves its own thread.
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copper-alder-672 more

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.
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still-alder-581 more

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.
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late-otter-29

Ha, I thought I was the only one.
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copper-alder-764 more

The cheap option was fine for years.
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silver-beech-721 more

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.
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hollow-pine-71

Saving this for later.
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wry-pine-281 more

This deserves its own thread.
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sunlit-hazel-1

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.
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sunlit-otter-7211 more

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.
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mossy-thistle-431 more

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.
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wry-pine-90

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.
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dusky-heron-482 more

Small correction, but the point stands.
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rustling-lichen-99

dusky-heron-48 wrote:

Small correction, but the point stands.

This deserves its own thread.
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late-clover-89

dusky-heron-48 wrote:

Small correction, but the point stands.

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.
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quiet-beech-1

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.
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misty-beech-182 more

sunlit-otter-72 wrote:

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.
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dusky-rowan-541 more

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.
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bright-otter-51

The official docs are better than they look.
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wild-reed-731 more

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.
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amber-sedge-97

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.
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dusky-lichen-45

This is the most useful reply in the thread.
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