How do you access Shademaster grass. Is it perenial ?Is it freeze proof ?

My live oak (5-6 in diameter) has lost 99% of foliage. Do you think it will recover?  Anything to do now? How will I know if it is dead? It is located on curb side of yard which makes it a city of Frisco tree. 

Hi there! I have a Chamaedorea Palm, and it has been doing really well this past year. Last summer I didn't have it in much sun light, but over the winter I moved it closer to the window. Now I am getting more sunlight in my living room and it is getting direct light (and some of the leaves started turning yellow with brown dots). Do you know if this is because of the sunlight? Or do you think it has not had enough fertilizer (I have not fertilized it in the year I have had it). It has throw off a bunch of shoots since I got it, so I am just trying to figure out what is going on. Thank you!

I recently had a mound system put in at my northern Illinois house. The mound system company left with not planting anything. It has become overrun with weeds. This spring I would like to tackle this. What is the best option for a DIY grass planting? How to first eliminate weeks and then to plant grass? Advice would be appreciated. 

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I am wanting to start a home orchard with a variety of fruit trees. Some of my preferred varieties are not self pollinating. If I plant two of the same tree in close proximity will they cross pollinate? Case in point, honey crisp apple and rainier cherry? I am in La Pine, zone 5. Thank you in advance.

Good afternoon.. We have a lilac bush we purchased at a box store 4 years ago. It has grown a few feet and now stands at just under 5' tall. Each summer it gets heavy foliage but zero flowers. I have read that over-fertilyzing can cause this but we have not used much fertilizer. In spring of 2019, I used Miracle Grow (a blend for both flowers and veggies) and last spring, I used fresh grass clippings, around the base, as a mulch but i have made no other attempts to fertilize. We have no other lilac bushes on our property or neighbor's properties. We have a mixture of perennials and will add annuals each spring but most of these flowers are a few hundred feet away from the lilac bush. It's closest neighbors are two pine tree's immediately to the east and west of the bush, the limbs of these trees are approx 10' away on either side. To the south is a large field, typically used to grow soybeans, corn or wheat. To the north of the bush, aprrox. 20' from the bush,, I have a small veggie garden that I typically have at least one annual flower or two growing as well. I am wondering of the lack of another lilac bush close by is our problem, or maybe I should reconsider fertilizing? Could my neighbor (growing the soybeans etc) spraying his crops for pests be a cause of my lack of flowers? Thank you in advance for any advice you can provide.

What is the best method for a home gardener to get an accurate test of soil pH and nutrients? Are kits accurate or is a lab necessary?

My arborvitae hedge was damaged in the last storm. What is the best way to deal with it.

We are interested in planting both table grapes and dwarf pie cherry trees, two of each, on our one acre property north of Sisters. What varieties would you recommend to us?

Is there anything I can do to care for tree damage from the silver frost/rain leaving large areas without bark for protection.