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We Have azolla, available for you! This is the smallest fern, and it is a tiny floating plant. Aside form just being a novelty, and pretty, it is highly useful for many things and SOOOO EASY to grow! We have Azolla caroliniana, which is native to the USA
$6.00 Your 1/2 cup of azolla will come in a container of water. It will also be accompanied by a 1/2 cup bag of pure worm castings to add to the water it is growing in, for a good start. 
Here is why you need some!
- It is truly sustainable!
- Grow it in any container or water, and harvest by scooping some off the top. It will regenerate itself and re-cover the area in 2-3 days!
It is excellent feed for:
Fish, rabbits, chickens, quail, ducks, goats, guinea pigs, pigs, turtles, other reptiles, turkeys, cows, crickets …………high in protein and other nutrients. Low lignin, so is highly digestible.
And Humans can eat it to…
If you are a gardener – you can grow it and then just add it to your garden as a green manure. It fixes nitrogen from the air, so as a green manure, you are getting a great soil amendment. You really can grow your own fertilizer, and it is beautiful while growing!
Mosquito control – if you have a pond or standing water, you can grow azolla on that water, which covers the water’s surface, so mosquitos cannot reproduce in the water.
Pond Fish – it is a natural food
It is used to clean water sources.
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