The thing that nobody told me as a 20-something purchasing our first home was the amount of skills, tools, and time I would need to accrue in order to adequately care for our property. Hint: It’s a lot.
In our 18 years of marriage, my wife and I have owned four different homes, each with their own unique characteristics and challenges. With each home came a backyard that needed its own version of “TLC.” Now as a homeowner, I had to go from a kid who knew how to pull weeds and mow the lawn into a man who was capable of handling anything that happened in the yard. This