Oh boy. Here is what I did recently. We have a
small yard with our Camellia and the yard maintenance folks charge quite a bit for fertilizing so I just got a big container of MiracleGro and walked around the yard sprinkling it. The container was about $20 and it took about a container and a half to do the whole yard. They are little time release granules as you know and they work great on the flowers and bushes for three months. I didn't want to clutter the garage with one of those fertilizer spreaders so that is what I did.The yard looks fine, not quite as green as Mr. Greenjeans, my neighbor next door, but fine.
Now, John N or someone else who speaks "growing things" please tell me how I messed up. Or if I did. I love to garden but I have never figured out all that nitrogen stuff. I think my azaleas and my magnolia need another food but so far they haven't received it.