I like the look of mulch. It took me a while to get used to rocks in the landscaping beds.
Many years ago, up north, I had a problem with dog-
fungus. Yes. That is exactly what it looks like. Dog Barf. It is not as bad as artillery fungus because it just shows up in blobs but does not shoot.
I learned then that I needed to switch to ALL-BARK mulch. The secret ingredients are "all" and "bark."
All-bark mulch is more expensive, at first, than the dyed and shredded wooden pallets, but the all-bark lasts much longer. You do not have to add as much each year. Cypress is my favorite to use back home, but it is getting harder to find, making it even more expensive. So I started using all-bark pine nuggets, medium size. (It comes in different sizes.)
In TV I will keep the rocks. But I am assuming that if using mulch in TV, it would be best to use all-bark to avoid fungus. I am not a master gardener. I am just taking a guess based on northern fungus experience.
Be it artillery fungus or dog-
fungus, we do not need either kind of fungus amongus.
If you like having mulch in TV, maybe using all-bark will avoid some problems. Just remember that is all-
bark mulch not all-
mulch.
EEK! I just looked at "preview post" and this thing has substituted an emoticon for the word b-a-r-f except for in one spot. I have tried to make the puking emoticon go away but it will not. While I am sure anybody reading this will figure out what it means, it is annoying that the little puking picture took over my post and will not let me get rid of it. I have tried 3 times and just do not care anymore. I fought the emoticon and the emoticon won.