 Hi, I'm Julianne Racine, the NDSU Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources in Lamor County. I'd like to talk to you about planters. It's springtime and we all want to get outside, enjoy this beautiful weather, and go to town in our gardens. So what I'd like to suggest everybody think about this year is cleaning out their planters and sterilizing them before reusing them. And the reason that is is in the event last year there was a pest in the dirt or your plant headed disease, then you don't have to worry about that carrying over to whatever you put in there this year. So all I do is I have my gloves, I have my bucket of bleach water, and I've already taken the plant out of this, and I'm just going to set it in the water and clean it out and let it dry. And then tomorrow I will put fresh dirt and I can put my new plant in there. And I have planters that are too big obviously for this bucket. So what I do is I just take a rag or I take paper towels and I'll get it wet with some bleach water and then I'll just wipe out the inside and that should be fine. Another thing that you can use is disinfectant wipes that will also work. If you're going to use bleach water, this is five parts water and one part bleach. So I'm just like I said I'm just dipping it in here, wiping it out, good to go. So tomorrow like I said I'll put fresh dirt and it will be ready for whatever I decide to plant in here. Hope that helps for your spring planting season and that you have a great time outside. And remember if you have any questions feel free to call your NDSU Extension Head Offices and we'll be happy to help you. Have a great day!