Stabilizing and planting on a steep sandy slope

This site lists a technique of using check logs to terrace by building up rather than digging in:
https://www.tenthacrefarm.com/2014/10/heres-a-quick-way-to-terrace-a-hill/ 

Here are some plants for erosion control:
https://wshg.net/blog/2014-06-17/best-native-plants-for-protecting-your-hillside-from-erosion/

PNW options: (definitely full sun, southern exposure, drier soils)
https://wmswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Native-Plants-for-Erosion-Control.pdf

Some promising ideas: Kinnikinnick, deltoid balsamroot, Red flowering Currant, Hairy Honeysuckle

We Bought a House!

We bought a new house in Prineville, OR. It's on the side of a hill, so this is what our backyard looks like.

The rest of the yard is flat and mostly dead.

And, if the dogs don't chase them off, it comes with deer. There were four of them there that day, resting in the shade.

We have quite the project ahead of us.