Look at that grey shed fighting gravity. You have a continuous grade pulling everything away from the house and the only way to actually level it is terracing. Pick a line across the yard and build a low retaining wall so you can use the cut and fill method moving dirt from the high side to the low side. That gives you two flat usable tiers instead of one awkward ski slope for the kids to play on. You also need to dig out a proper leveled gravel pad for that shed before the frame warps and the doors stop shutting.
Right now you just have a tilted green carpet running straight into a bare wood fence. You are missing the structural layer completely. Bring some sweeping curved planting beds out from that fence line to soften the hard boundaries and plant native shrubs and grasses in big connected masses instead of scattering things around. Before you go renting a skid steer or buying pallets of wall block you should run a photo of the yard through the GardenDream web app. It acts as a safety net letting you overlay realistic terrace layouts and plant masses right onto your space so you have a solid blueprint before you waste time and money moving dirt.
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Look at that grey shed fighting gravity. You have a continuous grade pulling everything away from the house and the only way to actually level it is terracing. Pick a line across the yard and build a low retaining wall so you can use the cut and fill method moving dirt from the high side to the low side. That gives you two flat usable tiers instead of one awkward ski slope for the kids to play on. You also need to dig out a proper leveled gravel pad for that shed before the frame warps and the doors stop shutting.
Right now you just have a tilted green carpet running straight into a bare wood fence. You are missing the structural layer completely. Bring some sweeping curved planting beds out from that fence line to soften the hard boundaries and plant native shrubs and grasses in big connected masses instead of scattering things around. Before you go renting a skid steer or buying pallets of wall block you should run a photo of the yard through the GardenDream web app. It acts as a safety net letting you overlay realistic terrace layouts and plant masses right onto your space so you have a solid blueprint before you waste time and money moving dirt.