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Karen Edwards, owner of Edwards Nursery in Moses Lake, shows some of the cactuses she has in front of the business. Cactuses can thrive even on the meager rainwater we usually see in the Basin, she said.

Karen Edwards, owner of Edwards Nursery in Moses Lake, shows some of the cactuses she has in front of the business. Cactuses can thrive even on the meager rainwater we usually see in the Basin, she said.

August 26, 2022

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Cactuses thrive in the Basin’s dry summers
August 26, 2022 1 a.m.

Cactuses thrive in the Basin’s dry summers

MOSES LAKE — At first glance, a cactus doesn’t seem like the sort of plant most people want to grow. It’s spiky and bare-looking and it stabs you if you touch it. On the other (un-perforated) hand, cactuses are durable as all-get-out and they’re lovely when they flower.