Looking good! That's ivy you have in your trees and it will kill it, do get rid of.
When I got my own home the yard was a wasteland and it crossed my mind whether I wanted to maintain grass there and I decided: hell, no. I'm planting all kinds of groundcovers and stepping stones pathways instead, although your yard looks a little larger than mine... congrats on the yellow machine anyway.
You know chickens make good company, take them with if you go...
That's a succulent answer (see what I did!!!)!
You seem to know stuff, when you put those stones, the grass doesn't regrow? Because mine regrow between gravels, and I am looking for a dog & cat friendly way to kill the grass.
It was a wasteland of bare soil. Some grass just started growing and I had to decide whether I would keep it. Pour boiling water or cover with old carpet then lift up the gravels and clean the area of roots and underground stems then get something called weed mat, put that down first then put your gravel on top
I tried to cover with tarp instead of old carpet.
OOOoh I've seen this before, thanks it might work.