Cindy,
Me too on feeling guilty. That's why we bought the rubber mats and try to stay on them.
Rick,
I've never heard of adding gravel, but I can see how it would help with air and drainage.
Cindy,
We have new weeds every year. My former neighbor used to do grain bins and he brought a lot of weed seeds back with him. A lot just blew in on the wind.
Your poison ivy is bad. I'll take a thousand weeds over that!
I'm trying to decide on a mulch. I don't want bark chips and they don't sell pine needles around here. I want something that will break down. Straw just blows all over and makes a mess.
