Seaslug
Songster
In general, I agree that it is difficult to get things to grow in a run, especially if you want them to.
I cut two-three inch diameter limbs off of a black willow and used them as horizontal uprights for my hens' run roost bars. The area of our run is somewhat damp, like our area in general, and those branches, despite sitting in the open for weeks before placement, apparently rooted. Those branches have leafed out each of the past three years. The girls eat the leaves that they can get to, but against ALL odds (including having absolutely no roots to begin with), those willows continue to live inside the run. We will be trimming them this summer!
I cut two-three inch diameter limbs off of a black willow and used them as horizontal uprights for my hens' run roost bars. The area of our run is somewhat damp, like our area in general, and those branches, despite sitting in the open for weeks before placement, apparently rooted. Those branches have leafed out each of the past three years. The girls eat the leaves that they can get to, but against ALL odds (including having absolutely no roots to begin with), those willows continue to live inside the run. We will be trimming them this summer!