about kathleen may

Gardening as if I have another hundred years to live. Calling home the Rusty Patched Bumblebee. Serviceberry economy. Matriarchy now, lesbians to the centre. 12th generation canadian – give the land back. 1 in 259 people have lynch syndrome and most don’t know. Uterine cancer gave me menopause like the whales and elephants. What you pay attention to matters.

this week in the rusty patch garden

Robber Flies looking bonkers, tiny green bees, a great many dragonflies, and frass in the Rusty Patch Garden

July 15, 2026

Hi. This is the Rusty Patch Garden. On a small plot in a small town, I grow native plants and pull invasive ones. It is rather like surviving cancer, which so far I have – despite Lynch Syndrome, a genetic mutation that caused one cancer and is likely to cause more. I see invasive plant…
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Robber Flies looking bonkers, tiny green bees, a great many dragonflies, and frass in the Rusty Patch Garden

Old deer, squirrel eaters, fly feet, and the prettiest beetle you ever did see – Late June in the Rusty Patch Garden

Slowing down and noticing in the Rusty Patch Garden

The Rusty Patch

I don’t know how to do this

Native Seeds