Before anything else, install gutters and downspots with about a 10' run
away from the house. Then, you can build up the ground around the house
with soil and then top dress with anything you want. If you don't address
the constant erosion from dripping rain water, you'll continue to have
problems. Also, your siding will stay cleaner without the dirt being
constantly splashed on it from the dripping water.
TomC

CB wrote in article
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I need some advice on how to cover the ground in front of my house. I
want
to put brown gravel/small stones down, but it looks like I'm going to
have
to build up the slope. I've attached some photos for you to see. It looks
like the rain water drips off my roof and has created this small drip
line.
The ground near the bushes is just slightly higher than at the house
foundation. I"m trying to avoid having to dig out the dirt to slope the
ground away from the house. I"m wondering if you all think that building
up
the ground close to my house would be a viable option, to create more
slope.
Any ideas?

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