A splash of color
Tamara Wallace of Moses Lake likes to make her garden an oasis of color in the desert landscape. An Idaho native, she and her husband have lived throughout the country and settled in Moses Lake a few years ago.
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Many of the flowers Tamara Wallace cultivates, like these gayfeathers, would be considered ditch weeds in Kansas, where she learned to love them.
An old bed frame lends a touch of whimsy to Tamara Wallace’s garden.
A thick clump of carrot tops masks this nest of quail eggs. Mama quail flew off when Tamara Wallace pulled the greenery aside, but she’ll be back, Wallace said.
Tamara Wallace plants her cabbages and kale alongside a wall that gives shade in the morning, which lets her grow two crops a year, she said. Currently she’s getting ready to start harvesting for sauerkraut.
Tamara Wallace’s garden contains a mishmash of planters and containers on a surface of bright red bark.
MOSES LAKE — Tamara Wallace likes bold colors, and she surrounds her home with them.
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