ChaosMom
Crowing
Are any of the branches long enough to reach the ground, with some to spare?So far I've got hawthorn, rocket (the chickens have eaten some when I've grown it), primrose that may survive a transplant, wild garlic, rosehip, choisya, fennel and hopefully a branch cutting from the bush they are fond of sheltering under whose name I forgot a second after I got told it. If the branch cutting doesn't work out I've got the option of taking cuttings and rooting them. I'm taking the branch cutting by making a diagonal cut in the branch deep enough to bend the cut open, pasting rooting compound with ash into the cut, and wrapping the lot in some compost in a piece of cotton.
Some people use plastic but I've had more success with a cotton wrap.
If so, you can make that cut in the branch where it can easily touch the ground, add the rooting compound, and pin it to the earth, either with a landscape staple, or by making as X of two small stakes, just enough to keep the cut portion of the branch in constant contact with the soil. Keep it moist. It will still get nutrients from the mother plant while it roots. You should be able to root it this way, if you like.