New shop built, need to plant something on the perimeter?

[wlgorman]

As title says. We got our shop built and it now has bare dirt around the perimeter, and a large area behind it. I need to plant grass or something asap.

Was told to plant rye at this time, then bermuda in the spring. Is this what the GS recommends or is there something I should do different?

[Pstraw]

This sounds good. Anything to hold the dirt in place till warm weather grass will grow.

[RifleBowPistol]

That's the same thing I was told last fall. I box bladed and root plowed around our house last fall. Then talked to numerous people about grass types. Everybody said for the winter plant a rye grass. Turns out there are many types of rye grass. The stuff I bought and it worked, was some from Tractor supply. I got a 50 b. bag for around $40. We had a nice yard last winter, the deer loved it. Then I was told in the spring, the rye would die and to plant Bermuda, we are in a sandy area, that's what was recommended. I could have planted another type of grass, but considering all factors the Bermuda seemed the best option for us. It does good with little water and grows well in sand.
So we planted Bermuda in the spring time, but the rye grass was still alive and doing well. The Bermuda was $125 for a 25 lb. bag. If you go the feed and see stores, they have Bermuda, that is a lot more expensive. The Bermuda is a lot smaller seed, they recommended to mix it with sand then put it in the seed spreader. That may have been a good idea, I did not do so. The rains stopped by that time, so the only water the yard got after we planted the grass, was from us watering. In the areas of the yard, where we had bare spots, the Bermuda took off quickly and got thick quickly. In the areas where the rye grass was already growing, the Bermuda would not sprout. My theory was the rye grass was sucking up most of the water preventing the Bermuda from germinating. Finally in the summer the rye grass finally died off and then some of the Bermuda germinated and sprouted where the rye grass had been, but not all of it. Some of the seed washed down hill to the front yard where we did not plant any grass, because I still had work I needed to do to the front. We have multiple patches of Bermuda out front and down each side of the house, which I did not spread any seed in those areas.
The rye grass from Tractor supply is cheap and works for the winter. The grass you choose for the long term, would depend on the soil, amount of water and your preferences.