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 Gavin Newsom has filed a massive lawsuit against Fox News. New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. A man has been deported for kicking an airport customs beagle. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. Report an error