AdvertisementWhy Home Improvement Has Surged And How It's Changing AmericaSeptember 11, 2020Frank MorrisfacebookEmail"It used to be a backyard. Now it's a summer oasis," says Astoria Camille of the water feature she built in her mother's Kansas City, Mo., backyard using an old stock tank and 53 bags of pea gravel. (Frank Morris/KCUR)