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Don't water your lawn...paint it!

Green is green right?

After receiving two violation notices from the City of Thousand Oaks compliance office about my "lawn" (thanks to my neighbors) I was forced to do something about it. I wasn't interested in joining the "my lawn is greener than yours club" my neighbors have established, as it's not really grass, or at least the kind you buy from Home Depot. The people that owned the house before me were all into nature and planted this wild grass and let it grow long and brown. It's fine during the rainy season as it turns green and actually looks like it could be a proper lawn. As soon as the sun comes out the stuff turns brown and crispy. Because of the price of water going up and up and up and the State of California telling us we are constantly in a drought, save water, the poor little fish in Sacramento......blah, blah, blah, I refuse to water the weed patch in front of the house. Actually I would like to xeriscape it but I just don't have the funds right now to do pay a landscaper to re design the whole front yard.
I did some research and found this awesome product called Lawn Lift. I called them up and spoke to Dave about my dilemma. He was super helpful and understanding. I received my 32oz bottle of paint, enough to cover 400 sq ft, the next day and got to work. I picked up a 2 gallon sprayer from Home depot mixed the paint and was in business. As you can see from the picture above it was a great success. My neighbors are stunned into silence and I haven't heard anymore from the grumpy old compliance officer from the city. Check out Lawn Lift its a great product, they are based in San Diego County so a semi local company.