Homeowning

Things that I wish I could tell my 20-year old self about home-owning and gardening:

1. The people that have perfect yards which you admire are RETIRED. Seriously, it takes 40 hours a week to make a perfect yard, they can't have another job.  You won't have one until you are retired

2.  You will weed the cracks in your sidewalk.  My 20 year old self would have never imagined spending Sunday afternoon weeding the cracks in my sidewalk.

3. Plants are expensive!  Do you want a beautiful yard? Its going to cost 10s of thousands of dollars.  Who would have ever imagined.