Do not ignore the compost option though because although granular
fertilisers do indeed work for a while nothing beats getting the soil
structure right and only good compost will do that
"Lorna" wrote in message
...
Thanks so much to everyone for your advice and good ideas. I feel very
encouraged to press on! I also suspect that I don't feed nearly enough,
so
will take Rodger's advice to heart.

What a nice lot gardeners are!
Lorna