how do you wash and sanitize your potting soil?
Oops! I should have clarified that I am washing and sanitizing the container and internal parts (not the potting mix). I have a big tote that I put the earthboxes into with soap, water & bleach. Some people replace their potting mix every 3 years. I just dump it all into a big container and combine the old & new potting mix. Then I refill the containers with potting mix along with dolomite & fertilizer and then they are ready to plant.
More progress made on DS10 bedroom. We worked together for over an hour sorting, decluttering and organizing the last 3 of the cubes. They contained a gazillion small pieces of misc stuff and a few small toys. DS10 is very sentimental and wants to keep EVERYTHING.
Me: Are you ready to give the Hot Wheel track and cars away? I haven't seen you play with them for several years.
DS10: No! I want to keep them.
Me: We are only keeping things that are not broke and that you use.
DS10: I will play with them!
Me: Okay. Set up the track and play with them now.
DS10: Plays with them for about 1 minute then says. Yeah, I don't want to play with them anymore. Put them in the giveaway away stack.
Repeat similar conversation dozens of times as we sort through the other items.
After we finished DS10 said, "It feels good to have all this done!"
I'm glad we made a good start today. However, the worst is still to come. We haven't started the toy chest yet. I'm not looking forward to that.