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Polymerous said:

For those of you who use the paper clips - do you reuse them from season to season? I reuse them during the season (as pods fail to set), but by the time the end of the season rolls around and I have collected all of the pods, it seems like such a hassle to sort out the colors and straighten out the clips. Right now I have a couple of ziploc baggies of clips from last season which I still have not sorted/straightened out. Worst of all are the ones that fall into the dirt (which on our property may not only be dirt (if you know what I mean), given all of the critters), as those have to be washed (and/or sanitized) first. It really tempts me to just throw all of the used ones out and start with fresh clips each season. (At least the faded red, pink, orange clips give me an excuse...)

I do reuse them and yes it is a pain to sort them but I usually do it daily so there isn't so many to do at one time. The ones I have that got collected when harvesting the pods I usually just sort sometime during the winter when I have more time on my hands.