Beginner Gardening: landscaping bed next to house - ideas for ground cover, 1 by soonerbrink

soonerbrink wrote:
I am new here and if this is the wrong place, please let me know.

I recently put a bed area in my backyard and I need a few suggestions.

The plan is to use mulch as the Oklahoma soil is dry and looks terrible without.

There was an episode of termites in the past and I was told 'don't put much up next to the house?'


And finally to my concern....

I thought about putting large pebble rocks between the house and the mulch (and possibly along the patio edge to form an 'L' shape), but heard people say that rocks around the foundation is just as bad and even more work and maintenance.

So... are these comment true? What would you do? All mulch? 'I' shape of rocks, or 'L' shape of rocks, or something else?


Under the border stones I have a 6" trench of concrete.

What would you do to keep the stones in place?
Stone adhesive that comes in a caulking tube? (not sure if there is enough surface to surface contact for this to be strong enough)
Would quickrete work, or does it not have the biding properties?

Essentially I don't want people kicking them over or them getting bumped by the mower.

Thanks for any input!