Adding soil to compost or?

So I harvested all my outdoor and that jazz.

Curious what i should do with all my soil I just used.

Have 12, 15gallon smart pots and then 6in ground i filled with soil/ amendments. they were about 4x4x3.

Should I add it all to a compost pile? Assuming it’s no bueno to reuse it?

I do

Why not reuse the beds? I reprime my garden beds every spring and it only seems to get better.

Boatguy said:

Why not reuse the beds? I reprime my garden beds every spring and it only seems to get better.

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Wasn’t sure if i could. I’d like too, so sounds good !

I do both but mostly just add soil to my compost when the bin looks like it needs it

For stuff in the ground, I just leave it. You may want to switch up where you plant things though. Next year's tomatoes are going across the yard from the last few years. In the late fall (or early winter depending on your area) after a few years I get one of those huge bags of soil, you know the "cubic yard" bags (more like 4x4x4 feet), and spread it over the garden. The only place I didn't get last time was where I had my first outdoor plant. Did well anyway.
Pots go in the compost, but the compost goes in the garden, and in next year's pots. There's food waste going in there too, so what comes out is pretty rich, only problem is it compacts really easily, so perlite is a good idea. The only issue with reusing soil is you can get some weird deficiencies that ferts can't rectify if there isn't anything else added.
Long story short, ground, don't worry; pots, compost. For me anyway.
Hope that helps.

leave soil in place. plant a winter cover crop. chop and drop in the spring.

waterproof808 said:

leave soil in place. plant a winter cover crop. chop and drop in the spring.

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Depending where you are of course. Hard to plant a cover crop under 6 feet of snow.

waterproof808 said:

leave soil in place. plant a winter cover crop. chop and drop in the spring.

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Adding 10-20 red wigglers per bed in the spring after chopping would be a great idea too.