Our local university gurus are saying exactly what Lyn said, and local nurseries and big box stores are now carrying a fertilizer that is something like 15-0-10. Our area has too much phosphorus, and if you move to a house where someone fertilized every year, you can really have a problem with your gardening. It screws up the waterways too.
My dogs know if I use bloodmeal, and if it's under the plant, they'll dig the plant out. I've lost a few plants that way, so I stopped buying it. I can almost train my dogs, but not the skunks and coyotes.
one of my labs now likes to roll on plants after I use fish emulsion.
