At 76, I Bought Back Our First Home for $3—The Mayor Called Our House an Embarrassment—One Year Later, It Was Worth More Than His Mansion

he got back to work.

Edith worked beside him when he needed another set of hands. But the yard was hers.

At 74, she spent hours outside with a sketchpad, measuring slope and sunlight. She tested the soil. She marked drainage paths with string. She designed three terraced beds that would step down from the house toward the sidewalk, guiding rainwater continue reading …