Help - mold or mildew problem

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Hi - hope someone can help.

I have a mold or mildew problem on the outside of my house.  Apparently the

landscaping (bushes, junipers, maybe even mulch and dirt) all along the front of

my house smell like mold or mildew.  I've seen a couple of surfaces on flower

pots have it grow on them, and I can kill that, but I can't figure out exactly

where they are.  I have some large shrubs, and the smell is stronger when I pass

them.  It's about intolerable, and the odor hits me as soon as I open my car

door in the driveway on the other end of the house.

The smell comes in on us if we come thru the front door, and I think it has

spread (lightly) into the garage/basement.  At this point I would come in the

back door (if the key worked) instead of going in either way, because we carry

the smell into the house.  Since the a/c is in the basement, I'm afraid it may

be inside and being circulated thru the house as well, because if my mom comes

over (and she's ultra sensitive), she says she smells it inside too.  Of course

it could have come in with her, but I just don't know.

So far we aren't really very sick from it - in fact I feel better this week than

I have in months lol.  But this is sooooo not ok.

Does anyone know how to get rid of something like this in the landscaping?  I

mean, I guess I could cut everything down and go to dirt, but I bet it's even in

the dirt.  Do you know if fungicides can be sprayed on things to get rid of it?

Would appreciate any advice.  It's been here about a week.  We had a few wet

days and I thought it would pass, because I smell tree mold periodically here in

humid Alabama, but it isn't going away - it's getting worse.  (And I love my

front porch - it was my favorite place to be.) 

Thanks in advance,