CONTAINER GARDEN - PREPARING POTS FOR NEXT YEAR?

[gardentoad]

Don --- Thank you so much for sharing! What do you do at the end of the season? Do you dump out the old soil and disinfect the pots and then add fresh soil and amendments (the chicken and rabbit "stuff" ) and let nature take it's course over the winter? I live in a large city and rent, so there's no place on the property where I can just dump the old soil. Should I throw the old soil away?

I feel your pain. I have neck, shoulder and back problems too.

Thanks again to all that replied. I really appreciate the advice.

I don't plan on dumping the old soil, at least not all of it. As with an in ground garden I just plan to recondition the soil each year. Take a soil test and see what it needs for what ever my plan calls for that pot.
I think that it will save me money in the long run cause I don't have to treat the whole garden if just one pot is lacking something.
I have a good compost area and plenty of great chicken stuff and rabbit stuff. Also a good rotation plan.

LOL, I was just thinking of a great movie where they had to get rid of a great amount of soil, you may have seen it (the great escape)
You could do the same thing.

Good luck with your garden this coming year

Don