A natural approach: Moses Lake family’s organic garden thrives
Left to right, Amerae, Alicia, Amelia, Janell, Jackson and Josh Mohs stand beside the family’s garden behind their home in Moses Lake.
Casey McCarthy/Columbia Basin Herald
A peach tree in the Mohs family’s front yard in Moses Lake that was started from a peach pit that had been composted.
A pair of organic pepper plants stick out of the untilled soil, something new Alicia and Josh Mohs were trying out in their garden this spring.
Mint, pictured, and other herbs are scattered throughout Alicia and Josh Mohs garden to help deter some of the less-welcome bugs from making their home in the Moses Lake garden.
Alicia Mohs plants some new things in the small garden area in front of her home in Moses Lake.
Josh Mohs stands near the new raised garden bed he and his wife put in during the past year with their compost bin at the end of the garden at their home in Moses Lake.
MOSES LAKE — Gardeners are often drawn to the pastime from a desire to connect with the natural world around them and get back to their roots in a sense, and sustainable, organic, chemical-free gardening provides an opportunity for gardeners to interact with the environment without leaving as much of a footprint behind in the process.
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