Beginner Gardening: Landscaping help !!, 2 by rteets

rteets wrote:
I personally never use Round Up. I worry about what it does to the planet. You don't need it. Just lay several layers of newspaper down and put several inches of mulch over it. That's enough. Done this way there's no need to worry about your Rhododendron.

As far as laying stones, if they are just normal sized ones (1-3 lbs) just lay them down. They will sink in themselves soon enough!

The big bed you see at the upper right of the picture was done using the newspaper and mulch only technique. The second picture shows it 7 short years later. Be careful not to plant too much.