"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
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"Bill R" wrote in message
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I Love Lucy wrote:

I have about a large bag and a half of potting soil that has become
lumpy and dried out because I didn't use any for a couple of years. It
smells musty inside. I'd like to dump it somewhere it might do some
good, but am afraid the musty smell means mold which might not be good
for grass or plants. Hate to just throw it in the garbage. Any
suggestions besides landfill?

Compost it. All you need to do is get something big enough to hold it
(large planter will do). Put the potting soil in whatever you use along
with some fertilizer and some other things (like weeds) that will
decompose. Add some water and mix it every few days and soon you will
have compost that you can use in your garden that is better and any
potting mixture you can buy at a garden center.

Now it would be nice to have one of those things you can turn every couple
days or so, but I can't buy everything right now.

Till it into the soil around whatever plants you've got outside. Don't worry
about it. It won't hurt anything. When you're done, have a glass of wine.