A Terrible Lack of Rainfall
The state of Texas was struck by a severe drought during the summer of that particular year, which, in the end, caused the grass in the cemetery to die off. This was the direct result of the drought. As a consequence of this, there was never any kind of plant life to be found in the cemetery at any point in time.
Jake couldn’t stand to watch the final resting place of his wife seem so dreary since the brown grass that surrounded the headstones was such a depressing picture. He came up with a plan as a direct result of this, which means that it was directly caused by this.