I forgot to clarify that I do want to remove and replace as much of the garden soil as I physically can, because it’s infested with fusarium fungus that has been killing my tomatoes for years. There’s no practical way to get rid of it, sadly, and it lives in the soil, so replacing the soil...
My run bedding is 3.5 years old at this point - a concoction of wood chips, dry leaves, grass clippings and other yard waste that I have added periodically over the years, and which has been composting in place nicely. It’s piling up pretty high at this point so I need to remove some and start...