I think this hasn't been mentioned before, so I will throw in something to consider. Our house came with pine straw. It was in all the landscaping plus on either side of the walkway coming off the driveway and leading up to the front door. We tracked it inside by the truckloads. We replaced it with stone, which I realize you don't want, but stone does not get tracked into the house, nor does it float away into the lawn during our heavy summer storms.
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