How old is the house you recently purchased? When did you move there? Moving into a new home whether it was brand new or a resale can be so overwhelming and when you inherited flowerbeds that look like they haven't been maintained for a while is frustrating. You don't know where to start first..inside or outside. Snapdragons will reseed themselves but maybe you might want to dig them up, divide and replant. Keep them watered after transplanting them. Looks like your rose has blackspot. There are sprays out there for that, but me, I'd prune that rose bush back to the ground; and let it regenerate. When it starts showing regrowth..start feeding it. Bayer Rose plant food is what I use. I also use a mixture of Baking soda, dish soap and something else, will have to look it up for you to be sure of ingredients and recipe. Go to library and check out Jerry Baker's books..it'll have plant remedys that work, mostly with what you have around the house already. Go to the rose forum here and you may find a lot of advice there. I'd concentrate on the beds that can be seen from the street first. How many flowerbeds do you think you have overall? Concentrate on the beds that are truly visable to the public eye first. Take one day and pull what you know for sure is weeds. Just doing that will make you feel better plus make the property look more attractive. Let's face it, August is creeping up fast, so a lot of plants are struggling because of such hot temperatures. If it makes you feel better, go to the local garden center and buy a few annuals and plant them. They'll bloom until the first frost kills them. We will introduce you to wintersowing later to show you how you can start your own flowers by seed. It is inexpensive, satisfying and you'll meet a lot of really nice friends from here and other garden websites even if you don't meet them in person. Serious gardeners are always willing to lend a helping hand, even if it's advice, helpful tips, sharing seeds or actual plants with you.

These cuttings are growing next to a south-facing window at roughly room temperature. Early on, however -- maybe for the first week -- I did not place them in direct sunlight, since I did not want them to wilt for lack of roots. The soil is light with sufficient drainage. To note, the plants are now well rooted; I can see the roots through the sides of their transparent containers. At the same time, the yellowing seems to have ceased to spread for the most part, so perhaps this means it initially resulted from a nutrient deficiency. However, I still wonder whether the lack of nutrients directly caused chlorosis, or whether the deficiency made the plants more susceptible to a disease which in turn brought about the yellowing. Diane, thank you for enlightening me on the nomenclature.

Look up "scabies" ... it's a parasite that infests hands. And DO NOT shake hands with him.

Faron, thank you so much for sharing. Like you, I had been mildly depressed and anxious over ridiculous things for the past couple of years. After trying every herbal/vitamin on the market, I finally spoke up at my last medical appointment and my doctor put me on low dose antidepressants. That combined with a change in work environments have made a world of difference. My own attitude was similar to yours - not wanting to admit I needed help and too down to ask for help getting up. Hopefully, others will see this and take that first step. I think it is pretty common having depression after a cardiac episode. I know my father in law had major problems after his and didn't seek help for years. Well, some posts do well to be bumped even by spam (can there really be an upside to spam?) if it helps someone else in need. This post was edited by daisychain01 on Tue, Sep 16, 14 at 19:37