I just take a handful of each and scatter around and in between clumps until I have applied enough to lightly cover exposed areas. I try to avoid getting any lodged in leaves, but I don't worry if I do. I try to apply just before a rain is forecast. (Rain will dissolve the alfalfa pellets quickly.) I don't make the effort to dig either milogranite nor the pellets into the soil. They get mixed with the soil when I weed. After mulching, I have found they will work down through the mulch to the soil line with watering or rain.