We've never seen any kind of flowers or berries or anything on this. It's gotten pretty big-way bigger than it is now-and I don't remember anything. That's not to say there isn't anything. It has to propagate somehow but I don't know how. The little one I transplanted is still alive.
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OMG I was wrong!! The mulberry tree we planted in the run has new leaves on it - I'm so excited!!
I'll still probably plant the grapevine on the outside of the run.
Because I'm trying to go with FREE first. lol. I have a ton of $$ in these chickens and now we're about to start a coop expansion that will probably cost a couple hundred more at least, so I'm trying to save money. If it comes to that I will go ahead and save up for a real plant but dh said to...
hmm if it's invasive I don't want to spread it around our place. Is there another vining plant that we can buy that would be good to plant outside the run? Something the chickens can eat safely but also something that can grow near the poop?
This stuff grows wild in our yard and seems to be impossible to kill. I thought it might be something to transplant around one side of the chicken run for shade but I don't know if it's safe for them to eat if it goes inside the pen. DH calls it grapevine but there are no grapes or flowers or...