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Open source recommendations for a beginner?

wry-fern-92

Budget is limited, so I'd rather learn from your mistakes than make them myself.

I tried the usual recommendations and none of them stuck.

amber-hazel-75

This deserves its own thread.

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rustling-birch-621 more

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.

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copper-yarrow-50

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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late-clover-38

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.

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mossy-finch-489 more

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

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wild-yarrow-20

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

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still-finch-654 more

mossy-finch-48 wrote:

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

This is the most useful reply in the thread.

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pale-birch-8

Have you tried asking in the local group too?

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slow-hazel-591 more

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.

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mossy-fern-86

Start small and stay consistent. That's really all there is to it.

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silver-beech-35

Do you have a source for that? I'd like to read more.

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sunlit-hazel-1

Second this.

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mossy-sedge-17

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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slow-finch-34

Good question, following.

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still-sedge-863 more

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.

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gentle-birch-73

still-sedge-86 wrote:

That's fair.

Start small and stay consistent. That's really all there is to it.

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hollow-willow-50

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

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late-birch-2

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.

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sunlit-heron-44

The cheap option was fine for years.

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mossy-wren-823 more

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.

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gentle-moth-02 more

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

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wry-beech-25

gentle-moth-0 wrote:

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

This is the most useful reply in the thread.

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mossy-clover-72

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

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silver-rowan-34

Good question, following.

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copper-reed-101 more

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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rustling-fern-25

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

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still-sparrow-92

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.

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