Install and Compact the Gravel Base

now for the gravel mix they recommend between three to four inches of a solid gravel mix base this is basically their foundation but it's also your drainage system that's where the rocks come into place for when you have a wet weather if the area doesn't start sloping down it creates a slower drainage system to prevent this area from ever breaking down what I found helpful is once I dumped all the loads of gravel mix into that area I used a rake to kind of level off and spread off the area and then really roughly I took a two-by-four those roughly between 8 and 10 feet long I placed it down and I kind of checked both the length the width and the angles to make sure there's a consistent leveled slope that kind of comes away from the fence line onto my grassy area now again you don't have to get it perfect this is just a general foundation you want to make sure that there's no extra high spots in one area as opposed to the other area once you get it roughly leveled out I then took a tamper once again and started compacting the gravel make now this is a very important step mostly because you don't want this stuff to start settling there's a few options you could take you