If you use stone, use fabric or the stone will sink into the soil gradually. It will get dropped leaves in it but a blower will clear most of it. If you use mulch, forget about the fabric. Mulch is a decomposing organic matter that gets refreshed each year. As the oldest is broken down, weeds will just grow on top of the fabric. Also, the fabric seems to stick up somewhere as the mulch blows or washes off and looks crappy. I can see almost no residential use for the rubber mulch. It is cost prohibitive, any that gets moved into the yard, by foot dog etc. will not break down like mulch so it will be there a while. Junk that gets in it will make it look messy and a blower will likely move it as well as the mess. With the stone, you can even use a propane torch to get rid of little bits of stuff. For mulch, use a pre emergent like preen to keep the weeds from growing.

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