As Drought Ravages Lawns, Many Turn to Grass Painting: Reasonable or Ridiculous?
SodaHead Living
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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That said, considering the fact that some people are getting fined $200 for not having a green lawn...
At 15c per square foot it is not hugely expensive for a small yard - and it IS environmentally friendly (I looked it up). But it does seem bizarre to me. Watching your lawn come back to life - naturally - will be all the sweeter for waiting patiently for it. Droughts don't last forever.
. . .And the dyes they use are harmless even if this 'trend' may be completely ridiculous/a huge waste of time and money.
Appearances mean a lot to people or at least a lot more than they would otherwise let on.
I lived on Staten Island for 4 years. It doesn't surprise me at all that people there would do this -- their garden gnomes probably don't look as good against a brown background.