As Drought Ravages Lawns, Many Turn to Grass Painting: Reasonable or Ridiculous?
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2012/07/29 22:23:38
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We get that green lawns look nice and all. But when faced with a drought, is it really worth it to pay hundreds (or even thousands) of dollars to have your grass painted green? According to the Associated Press, many American home and business owners seem to think so.
With two-thirds of the U.S. hit by the worst drought in decades, many are seeing their prized lawns turn brown. Rather than fight back with water, a growing number of individuals are having their grass professionally painted. This practice has regularly been employed in the West and Southwest, as well as on golf courses and athletic fields, but it’s now taking off from coast to coast.
"It looks just like a spring lawn, the way it looks after a rain. It's really gorgeous," said Terri LoPrimo, a 62-year-old retiree who recently had her Staten Island lawn sprayed with a deep-green organic dye.
On the one hand, we think it’s great that individuals are choosing to paint rather than waste water. But, we also wonder why it’s so important to have green grass that many are willing to pay money to fake it.
So SodaHeads, what do you think about this grass painting trend? Reasonable or ridiculous?
With two-thirds of the U.S. hit by the worst drought in decades, many are seeing their prized lawns turn brown. Rather than fight back with water, a growing number of individuals are having their grass professionally painted. This practice has regularly been employed in the West and Southwest, as well as on golf courses and athletic fields, but it’s now taking off from coast to coast.
"It looks just like a spring lawn, the way it looks after a rain. It's really gorgeous," said Terri LoPrimo, a 62-year-old retiree who recently had her Staten Island lawn sprayed with a deep-green organic dye.
On the one hand, we think it’s great that individuals are choosing to paint rather than waste water. But, we also wonder why it’s so important to have green grass that many are willing to pay money to fake it.
So SodaHeads, what do you think about this grass painting trend? Reasonable or ridiculous?
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Would it be considered ridiculous if someone wanted to change the color of their house or car to something more desirable?
But it honestly doesn't matter much to use organic paint on an already dead lawn. Even if it's dumb. Besides, you're comparing living things to a dead one. Who'd paint a dead dog?
If a person wants to have a green lawn bad enough and is willing to pay to have it painted, why not? If someone wants to paint their front door Orange, I may think it looks awful, but if that is at the owner wants, go for it!
You could xeriscape.
I know your country is largely desert, so that's a ponce of a different color. Sydney and Melbourne and Adelaide aren't in the desert,though.
Neither is my town.
We still have water restrictions of on good years watering twice a week on certain days (and very much preferably not during the day as it evaporates before it hits the ground), once a week when we're in a severe drought. Since our last drought has lasted well over a decade and we are experiencing rain sure but will be back on serious restrictions again come summer since the damns have barely filled up...painting your lawn green is considered pretty try-hard and presumptuous. Also a lot of people will just assume one put down cheapy fake grass that's in really bad shape as the dirt patches start showing
Perth? Do you know Ben Folds? Sorry, man. lol
Gods, my sisters took the same bus to school that Heath Ledger did (and he was 13 around then) and he was a back-of-the-bus little turd apparently. Like every other kid his age.