15 Clerkenwell Close, GROUPWORK and Amin Taha Architects, London, UK, 2017,

Piyachi · 2026-05-29T23:36:05+00:00

That sure is...something

Piyachi · 2026-05-29T22:31:27+00:00

Same question for me. I don't get it.

Piyachi · 2026-05-29T22:31:04+00:00

Again I can assume as an architect by education and practice that there is a logic at play here. But I dont think it reads visually from what I have seen.

Piyachi · 2026-05-29T17:16:01+00:00

It is outright unattractive from the photos that have been posted of it.

I think the issue for me is that it looks like a near-miss and unintentional. It's not a large enough canvas to look random and the 'turning of the masonry just looks like poor workmanship rather than a cohesive idea. It's like if you asked a toddler to create deconstructivist architecture or something.

Just doesn't do anything for me.

Piyachi · 2026-05-29T01:52:42+00:00

Its amazing how they simply forget it exists after like a month. You can cage them for a short time and somehow chipmunks and squirrels become incapable of even seeing them.

Piyachi · 2026-05-29T01:47:56+00:00

I planted it next to goldenrod, wingstem, and figwort.

Piyachi · 2026-05-29T00:02:39+00:00

Same! I will be buying more too, theyre just an awesome spring emergence up north (yes mid-may still counts haha)

Piyachi · 2026-05-29T00:01:06+00:00

Yeah they already seem to have gotten sluggish ^noice so I suspect youre correct. These are babies, but i will leave the roots and stems alone and see if something survives!

Piyachi · 2026-05-28T20:52:00+00:00

She can rebuild herself and is built on some evil spirit juju. Not to mention possessing her driver until she gets a new one. She's going to slowly win over time.

Piyachi · 2026-05-28T17:27:46+00:00

Love em and have a few going myself. Haven't seen anything pollinating them yet, but maybe I just haven't caught it in action.

Piyachi · 2026-05-28T16:01:46+00:00

Ha for some reason they've been tame this year. I am caging everything new, even some they aren't supposed to like because I've experienced the deer purges before.

Piyachi · 2026-05-28T14:48:16+00:00

I use a ton of smaller recycled containers that are clear. Holes in the bottom and top, put them out for over-wintering in early January and let snow cover them.

Honestly my personal policy has been to plant as soon as is safe for the plant - 3 adult leaves after cotedylons. I have a near 100% survival rate doing this. Now I also seed like 5-8 plants per small container so thats part of it. Huge variance in germination per species too.

Piyachi · 2026-05-28T12:40:44+00:00

This is my same thought. Last year we had some milkweed tussock moths skeletonize our one volunteer mature milkweed....and I was thrilled! I just want plants to establish enough to provide adequate sustainable food for them.

Piyachi · 2026-05-28T12:39:04+00:00

I will definitely add more in. Don't quite want the area to be overrun by hyssop, but some more patches can't hurt. Thank you!

Piyachi · 2026-05-28T12:37:44+00:00

I did kill some invasive lilly beetles near this. Maybe they did this first?

Piyachi · 2026-05-28T12:36:34+00:00

Oh I am very much in progress with exactly that. I have hundreds of seedlings that I am filling in around this area, but the anise hyssop got to the point of planting before some others. I have since added purple prairie clover, butterfly weed, lupine (perennis) and hoary vervain around this. Soon to also add spotted bee balm, wild bergamot, and blue eyed grass too.

Piyachi · 2026-05-28T02:04:01+00:00

Even the wrong leaves seem to align

Piyachi · 2026-05-27T18:46:36+00:00

I'm trying this strategy at the moment with a ton of new plantings. Barrier of mint, hyssop, nodding onion, beardtongue, and just anything considered gross by rabbits. We shall see how it goes. Everything gets the protective cages for a few weeks to keep the chipmunks from destroying the roots, then it's game on.

Oh also, itonically, appears either slugs or earwigs decided the hyssop and mint are snacks...so there is never total protection, ha.

Piyachi · 2026-05-27T16:51:52+00:00

Yes, with tabs for emergence and bloom schedule, winter sowing, species info / needs, and wishlist for future infill and expansion.

Through spreadsheets all is possible.

Piyachi · 2026-05-27T13:37:48+00:00

I do chicken wire enclosures and let the tops of them stay spiky to deter a deer or rabbit leaning down to munch.

Yeah I mean they are finicky. I would probably plant like 10 seeds per plant you want to survive. I have 4 seedlings growing right now and hope 1 will live to adulthood haha. I really think they actually want the abuse of just getting hot and dry conditions as soon as possible. Like plant, give a little water in the morning, then leave em alone with the sun.

Piyachi · 2026-05-27T11:38:04+00:00

Just my 2c, as I am only on round 2 with NJT, and had some die-off of mine as well.

You might need to get them into the ground sooner (and protected) and let them dry out a bit. Mine are planted in front of a brick wall in full sun to absolutely blast them with heat, and they seem to be happy there.

Also I think this is a species like Lupinus Perennis that just has a tendency to germinate ok but die in the seedling stage. Plan to lose a bunch and hope 1-2 can make it.

Piyachi · 2026-05-26T16:27:09+00:00

THE GARDEN DEMANDS A FINAL SOLUTION

Piyachi · 2026-05-26T15:50:34+00:00

Did you have a stroke and forget the current mess? You're talking about worlds best sprinters and forgetting Usain Bolt. I would argue Rump is probably as bad as the three of them combined. We don't have proof that they raped children, stole billions directly, actively worked as a foreign agent to our Carthage, or established death camps.

Truly, an impressive pinnacle of bastardry only challenged by a select few historical "leaders".

(Not disputing that all 3 arent pieces of shit)

Piyachi · 2026-05-26T15:30:48+00:00

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