When In Drought? Paint Your Lawn Green

Here’s a fact: We like our lawns green. How do we know?

Researchers found out that we spend about $30 billion in lawn care, there are 40.5 million acres of lawn in the US alone, and we use�30 to 60% of our water for tending the lawn and other outdoor activities that benefit our lawn. Now those numbers must mean something, don’t they?

But because of drought seasons, people have been getting interested in painting their lawns green, literally.

The idea to paint your lawn is not new. The New York Times reported in 1992 that turf paint had been utilised in the face of a severe two-year drought in Southern California, with hundreds of instances of lawn-painting in Santa Barbara.

Where Do You Buy Lawn Paint?

Good question!� We have found a few Australian stockists of lawn paint here:

• Lawnlife Ultra Concentrated (Green) Grass Paint – $52.34�

Golf courses have used the technique for years too. Here’s a helpful video tutorial on how to paint your lawns green.

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Clare Whitfield Chief Editor

Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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