I had a seedling pop up at the edge of my pond amongst the coral rocks. I figured I'd leave it there as it looked interesting. When in one year, it grew to 5' and lush. I took it out because I didn't want the roots to invade the lining of the pond. Well I found that the root ball was HUGE. It apparently was quite happy being a 'water plant', maybe too happy. I had to dig this gigantic hole to plant it because most of it was roots. It is now doing well and I can't wait for it to grow larger because I like to attach orchids to it. Of course now that it is in the ground it is growing much slower. Go figure... I think your new plant will be fine.

Hello, This is exactly the information I have been looking for. I have read that one acre can support approx 1 to 2 chickens w/o supplemental feed. Of course it depends on the available "range" forage. Here is a list of species I have read may provide good forage. Please let me know if you can add to the list or if any plant won't work! PLANTS FOR SOWING IN ROTATION Sunflower, amaranth, corn, millet, buckwheat, chickpea, sorghum, wheat, oats, barley, clover TREES and SHRUBS peach,banana (chop up the stems), fig, jaboticaba, grumichama, Brazilian cherry, pears Black Locust- Robinia, Honey locust (pods are high protien and tree is nitrogen fixing) Cornus, sorbus, Nanking cherry, Sand Cherry, Siberian Pea Shrub- Carragana spp. Apple, Plum, Raspberry Mulberry (fruit is relatively high protien) Sea Buckthorn, Apricot, rosa rugosa Gooseberries, Saskatoon (Service berry) Sea buck thorn, persimmon, pawpaw, feijoa, strawberry guava, tamarillo, custard apple, GREENS and/or SEEDS dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), plantain (Plantago spp.) (high in calcium for chickens) chickweed,, arrowroot, New Zealand spinach syn. - Tetragonia tetragonoides, nettles, brassicas (radishes, mustards), alfalfa, clovers- Strawberry clover, Ladino Clover, White Dutch Clover, Red Strawberry Clover chicory, purslane, Buckwheat, black oats, Perennial Cereals pumpkins,cucumber, squash, Sunflowers, amaranth, corn, chard, cabbage, kale, spinach, lettuce, broccoli...in fact any of the green leafy vegetables. sesame, sunflower, pigeon pea, Flax, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Red Cowpeas Strawberries Radishes, corn salad, lambs quarters dock (Rumex spp.) Vines chayote, passionfruit grapes peas climbing spinach- Ceylon Spinach Herbs Bergamot Clary sage Nettles Yarrow Comfrey (limited portion of diet- liver toxin) borage (self-reseeds freely) Feverfew Wormwood (Artemesia absinthe) rue (Ruta graveolens) POND PLANTS Lemma

I think that's called devil's walking stick (aralia spinosa.) It's an unusual plant. Here is a link that might be useful: devil's walking stick

there are good and weak variations on the theme ... a good one.. you could smell from a couple doors down the block ... and highly worthy fo the space they take ... the weak ones are huge ugly shrubs with little or no fragrance ... and these should be removed.. and a good one planted ... lol ive been told.. they smell like FL when the orange trees are in bloom ... i not sure i have ever had that confirmed ... i hope you have the good one ... ken