If you told a homeowner in 1925 that their great-grandchildren would be spending $20,000 on a "smart" pergola and a tub of freezing water in their backyard, they’d probably assume we’d all lost our minds. Back then, the yard was for work. If you were outside, you were likely weeding a potato patch or dodging a stray goat. But somewhere between the invention of the charcoal grill and the rise of Instagram, the backyard underwent a massive identity crisis. It stopped being a