[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by Happydaz

Following your logic the whole Eastern USA should use rock mulches. As anyone knows shredded pine, hardwood or hemlock bark are the mixes used by landscapers and homeowners in New England and the Atlantic states. Pine straw is used down south as well as bark nuggets and shredded bark mulches. Rocks look great in Arizona and The Southwest as rainfall is low and the cacti and succulents thrive in the alkaline rock mulches that look so beautiful there. Here in Florida most of our plants want a neutral or acid PH to grow well. Better than rock, for Villagers afraid of organic mulches, would be painted concrete or blacktop. It would be minimal maintenance and nothing could live in it. No bugs, no snakes, no birds, nothing living in it at all. For beauty you could have your contractor install colored, plastic plants. 😊

That’s a tough alternative in central FL. Talk about increasing ground temp for humans/pets. I’m not disagreeing with your solution, just it’s application here.