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Paint turns lawns green again
When the drought turned her prized lawn brown, Terri LoPrimo fought back in a new way: She had it painted green, making her suddenly lush-appearing yard the envy of the neighborhood.

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Tarrant Jul 27 2012 at 9:04 AM

I've seen this in use in a lot of new construction -- and I suspect one of our neighbors does this because his lawn is eerily green yet I never see any sprinklers.

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