Drought: California paints lawns green

The heat is stifling, the soil dry as a bone, and a new law in drought-stricken California restricts sprinklers. But far from saying farewell to their beloved lawn, some Californians are coping with the drought by... painting it green. With a simple squeeze of a spray gun, dried-out yellow grass regains its lush green color before the eyes of its proud owners. It is a kind of make-over which is becoming increasingly common among home-owners in California, which is now in the fourth year of a historic drought.

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