US | grass Amid Drought, Homeowners 'Fix' Lawns With ... Paint Using green dye on brown grass is catching on, says AP By Dustin Lushing Posted Jul 27, 2012 4:08 PM CDT Copied A painted lawn, left, compared with the neighbor's grass in Staten Island, NY. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Is your lawn wilting into a brown wasteland because of the drought? Consider a paint job. That's the solution many are relying on to give their dead yards the look of blooming green life as the worst drought in decades parches a huge expanse of the US. One New York City resident paid $125 to have her dried-up grass painted with a green organic dye. "It looks just like a spring lawn, the way it looks after a rain," she tells AP. "It's really gorgeous." The drought has spread across two-thirds of the country now, and inhabitants of usually lush regions are adopting the grass-painting technique that has been used for years in the West and Southwest. The dyed grass retains its new color for a few months, says a contractor, and "it's a night-and-day difference." Read These Next The vinyl tracklist can be very different from what you know. Zelensky visits Trump Monday, and he won't be alone. Guests find summit document on hotel printer. Most likely outcomes in Ukraine emerge. Report an error