I got up the gumption to go out and empty my containers to clean and store, but when I dumped the soil out of the first two, which still had the roots from last season's tomatoes (and peppers) I was surprised to see a bunch of worms in the soil, and the soil was warm! There was snow still hanging around in some places! I decided to just cut the tops off the dead plants and leave the roots in the soil because my theory is that the soil is still alive with microbial, fungal, and other good guys. That gives me the excuse to no clean up at least the containers.
