I have a narrow side yard that goes from the garage back door to backyard. It approx ends in the photo where the clothesline post and trampoline are. We are looking at 26 ft long and 6 feet 7 inches wide space. We have no gutters and may not for a couple more years. We installed some out front for now. I have no idea how to slope the grading both toward the backyard and away from the side of the house. I read not to add rock above the cement around the foundation so if anyone has any ideas id really appreciate it. We have hard clay soil which is very difficult to amend and or excavate. Ive done the best i can and it is compacted with an erosion line from water runoff from roof. I cant dig deep enough for a french drain. Maybe im making this too hard but id like to incorporate the trampoline area somehow maybe or landscape it separately. Thanks in advance for reading this messy post. :)