How to Update Back and Side Yard

I wasn’t really too concerned at first about fixing

up our yard since… well, we are in the country after all. But after two puppies and a crazy rainy season in California… I definitely changed my mind. I wanted a grassy area in the back and side of the house so that when the dogs come in from the rain, their muddy paws would have a chance to be wiped off. And our mostly dirt road was really muddy during the rain! So we decided to gravel it up.