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ANTIQUES & COLLECTING: Antique toys popular with all ages, F6 IN THE GARDEN WITH LEE REICH: Mycorrhiza’s role in the garden, F4

PROJECT PLANNING: Major projects – and what they’ll cost you – to plan throughout the year, F4 WMASS DEEDS, F7 MORTGAGE RATES: 30-year US mortgage rate up to 3.22%, F7 PROJECT OF THE WEEK: Blanket chest is practical perfection, F10

These homes are off-grid and climate resilient – and built out of trash, Page F2

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Earthships operate using six green-building principles governing heating and cooling, solar electricity, water collection, sewage treatment, food production, and the use of natural and recycled materials.

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The exterior of an Earthship in Taos, New Mexico, on Dec. 8. (RAMSAY DE GIVE / THE WASHINGTON POST)

These homes are off-grid and climate resilient — and built out of trash

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By Nick Aspinwall

The Washington Post

ike Reynolds never worried too much as the world inched closer to doomsday. In the spring of 2020, motorists lined up in their cars outside grocery stores waiting for food as the coronavirus pandemic wrapped its tentacles around the global supply chain. Next came an unprecedented surge of extreme weather as wildfires devastated the American West, hurricanes lashed tropical coastlines and a deadly winter storm brought the Texas power grid to its knees.

“I was watching that on TV and then walking down the hallway of my building, picking bananas and spinach and kale and tomatoes and eating them. Barefoot, because my building was warm without fuel,” Reynolds said. “My Earthship took care of me.”

Earthships are off-grid, self-reliant houses built from tires, dirt and garbage that have long been an offbeat curiosity for travelers passing by the ski town of Taos, but suddenly look like a haven for climate doomers. Residents of the 630-acre flagship Earthship community treat their own waste, collect their own water, grow their own

food, and regulate their own temperature by relying on the sun, rain and earth, which Reynolds and other adherents call natural “phenomena.”

Reynolds, 76, has been building these structures — he calls them “vessels” — since the early 1970s when, after graduating from architecture school at the University of Cincinnati, he took up offroad motorcycle racing on the high desert plateau around Taos to try to injure himself to avoid being drafted to the Vietnam War. He never left, attracting interest and eye rolls as dozens of Earthships arose from the dirt.

“They were talking about a

freak on the mesa in New Mexico building buildings out of garbage. That was scandalous,” Reynolds said.

But he gained more followers as people became more conscious of climate change, and 2020 brought a surge of interest in new construction.

“Now,” he said, “all they’re doing is just going apes—.”

New Earthships once used to sit dormant for years, but many are now sold before they’re even completed as the pandemic has drawn people to an oasis of self-sufficiency. They range from dreamers such as Linda May, who was depicted in the film “Nomadland” and whose

A resident tends to plants inside an Earthship in Taos, New Mexico. (RAMSAY DE GIVE / THE WASHINGTON POST)

ultimate goal was to build an Earthship, to young people anxious about a worsening climate, a housing shortage, and the dark promise of eternally escalating electricity and heating costs. To them, Earthships offer a life free of grids and bills, a clean break from a world that feels like it’s on the verge of breaking itself.

“It’s hard for me to even think of going back to a conventional house,” said Freya Dobson, 24, who recently traveled from New York to join an academy that teaches

people how to build Earthships. “This is a real solution for living.”

Earthships operate using six green-building principles governing heating and cooling, solar electricity, water collection, sewage treatment, food production, and the use of natural and recycled materials. This meant that when Earthships emerged in the 1970s, they “addressed something nobody else did: What do we do with garbage?” said Rachel Preston Prinz, a green

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imperfect structures, and most American families cannot afford expensive growing pains.

CONTINUES FROM PAGE F2 Enthusiasts warn against designer in Santa Fe, New buying or building an EarthMexico, who wrote the book ship before participating in an “Hacking the Earthship.”

Earthship Academy, in which About 40% of a typical students pay about $1,000 to Earthship is built with natural spend a month helping with or recycled materials, most a build and taking classes on notably foundations and construction and maintenance. walls made up of hundreds of An Earthship is “not plug and used tires packed with dirt. play,” said Dobson, who graduThese work with dual layers of ated in October from the acadfloor-to-ceiling passive solar emy in Taos, and homeowners windows, which collect sun can be “dependent on people during winter and reject it in in the Earthship community” Construction of a new Earthship “Unity” model in Taos, New the summer to keep structo help them solve problems.

Mexico. (RAMSAY DE GIVE / THE WASHINGTON POST) tures at a comfortable room They’re also hard to build, and temperature, no matter the farmer and real estate broker many prospective owners hire A typical Earthship in New York’s Catskills region the for-profit Earthship Biotecweather outside. can produce 25% who describes himself as a Inside a usual customized ture as contractors.

Earthship, arched, cavernous “liberal prepper,” bought an Earthship Biotecture’s Global to 50% of the living spaces resemble what Earthship in October with Model, the most popular build, food its residents Tatooine bunkers in “Star three friends as a rental propwas designed to work in the need, depending Wars” would look like if the erty – under the condition that vast majority of climates with on a multitude of Skywalkers made annual if any of them lose their home minor adaptations, and a study factors including pilgrimages to Burning Man. because of a catastrophe, “we on Earthships built in London, Plants line corridors between get to go to one of our vacation Paris and Spain showed it is diet, climate and inner and outer windows, houses until the dust clears.” largely successful at providing how much time is while glass bottles and alumiSaid Trent Wolbe, a susthermal comfort without heatspent on garden num cans stuffed inside walls tainability lead for events and ing or cooling. But the intimate maintenance. make rooms look like mosaic experiences at Google and a relationship between house playgrounds resembling the fellow owner who completed and earth requires complex work of Antoni Gaudí. “It’s really great in here,’” said an Earthship Academy in 2012: construction considerations incredibly beautiful,” said Meredith Albury, a tour guide “They’re super inspiring from that go much smoother with Britt Shacham Bernstein, and photographer for Eartha sustainability point of view. the touch of their eccentric 25, shortly after visiting an ship Biotecture, the eco-conIf you’re a builder, or somefounder. “Maybe he’s a visionEarthship for the first time. struction company Reynolds one who is interested in doing ary, maybe he’s crazy,” Prinz “There’s a whole ecosystem in founded to build Earthships. off-grid systems and expandsaid. “But if you’re not working here, and you’re a part of the Another module controls ing where people can live with Mike, I feel like I’m losing ecosystem.” solar power, which is used reliably, then all signs point some of that.”

Earthships originally primarily for lights and applito Earthships.” Co-owner spawned from the arid climate ances. Earthships use about Isadora Tang, an innovation of Taos, maximizing abunone-sixth as much power as a consultant in Brooklyn, added dant sunlight while squeezing conventional house. “You take that the structures represent whatever they can from about care of it, it’ll take care of you,” “a different way of living that eight inches of annual rainfall. Albury said. “It’s very symbiinspires all of us.”

Each Earthship shares a set otic.”

Jewett’s group paid of core organs such as a water A typical Earthship can pro- $396,000 for their Earthship ­ organization module, which duce 25% to 50% of the food more than the asking price filters and separates water as it its residents need, dependof $379,000 ­beating out two moves throughout the house. ing on a multitude of factors other bidders. Earthships sell In the Earthship ecosystem, including diet, climate and for similar prices as convenwater is first used for drinking, how much time is spent on tional homes of comparashowering and hand washing garden maintenance, said Phil ble size and location, and before moving to interior Basehart, a construction team cost slightly more to build, plants, such as fig and banana leader. If you follow a plantalthough their design can trees, along with hanging gar- based diet, you may never have save owners money over time. dens of herbs and flowers. to visit a grocery store again.

Jewett estimates the group The resulting “black water” This appeals not only to rugged saves about $1,500 each year is used in the toilet before be- survivalists, but to people in utility costs. ing flushed into a septic tank, suddenly worried about where But there are also stories of where it fertilizes ornamental their food will come from after failed builds and abandoned outdoor plants and can then the pandemic. “We got more projects, sometimes after tens be safely released into the business because of it,” Baseof thousands of dollars have groundwater supply. hart said. “People were looking been spent, and Reynolds has You’d never know what at this as their panic room, so faced lawsuits from unsatisyour house is doing with your to speak.” fied buyers. Earthships are waste. “I often hear: ‘It smells Steven Jewett, a pumpkin experimental, evolving and

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Reynolds has turned his focus to a new model, which he calls Unity, that incorporates cost-cutting measures such as eliminating roof vents and using just one layer of glass windows. This could make builds about one-third cheaper than most Earthships.

Reynolds has tried to build multifamily and commercial structures for years but has run into permit problems, forcing his team to experiment with new projects in places with loose building codes. His team has built a typhoon shelter in the Philippines, disaster relief homes in Puerto Rico and an in-progress school in southern Haiti, which was devastated by an earthquake this past summer.

Reynolds knows humanity needs time to be swayed. He compares people to a banana plant in his Earthship that, as the months pass, gradually bends to reach the sunlight.

Just before the pandemic, he received a diagnosis of Stage 4 prostate cancer. It has driven him to build as many Earthships as he possibly can.

“It’s got to be down to, the Titanic’s got to be sinking, and this is the life raft,” he said.

“But selling them on the life raft while they can go dine and dance in the hall with the rich people in the top level, it’s a hard sell.”

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Project planning for a new year Major projects and what they’ll cost, on average

By Paul F. P. Pogue

Tribune News Service

In 2022, home improvement contractors are expecting to be busier than ever. With the U.S. labor shortage and supply chain issues still in play as we enter the new year, planning ahead and preparing for your big projects is wise. The further ahead you can get on a contractor’s schedule, the smoother your project is likely to go. Booking early gives you additional time for planning and design and more room for contractors to line up materials and labor. Here’s a rundown of some major home projects and their costs, so you can start planning, budgeting and hiring right now.

to research them and solicit multiple bids. A pool is a significant investment that may take several weeks to install, but if you start in the spring, you’ll be splashing by summer.

It’s worth it to take extra time to get the right professional.

Summer: Roofing National average: $5,500$11,600 Early summer is an ideal time to do a roofing job in most climates, since spring rain has stopped and late summer’s heat and humidity haven’t set in. A new roof is one of the most visible and expensive home improvements you can make. You’ll want to carefully select your material choices and contractor, because you’ll be living with this change for decades. Protect your investment by verifying licensing, bonding and insurance, and only hiring vetted local pros.

Material cost is the biggest Winter: Kitchen remodeling impact on your final price.

National average: $13,000- Slate is the most expensive $38,000 option, followed by copper, Remodeling your kitchen, aluminum, and steel. Slate the heart and hearth of your and steel are some of the most home, is one of the most robust materials you can buy, rewarding projects a homewhile copper and aluminum owner can take on. It can also are long-lasting but easily be among the most costly and dented. intimidating, so connecting with a reliable kitchen designFall: Basement remodeling er and contractor early on is a National average: $12,000good idea. As a bonus, it has an $33,000 excellent return on investment In real estate, you can’t for your resale value. technically factor a basement The kitchen is often the into a home’s square footage. home’s social center, so think But a good basement renoabout how you want it to inter- vation can make your home act with the rest of the home more attractive to buyers and when you’re entertaining. increase resale value. Follow this rule when making your Spring: Adding an basement remodeling deciin-ground pool sions: Finish the basement to National average: $36,000- fit your hobbies or lifestyle if $66,500 you expect to live in your home Installing a swimming pool for a long time. Kicking off a can add luxury like no other basement remodel in the fall addition to your house. Pools will give you a comfortable offer many years of enjoyplace to hunker down with ment, and an in-ground model your hobbies come winter. If can enhance your home’s you’re planning on selling your value. house soon, go with products When hiring a swimming and finishes that appeal to the pool installer, take great care broadest range of buyers.

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Lee Reich | In the Garden

Mycorrhiza’s role in the garden

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IRTUALLY ALL GARDENING ACTIVITY GRINDS TO A STANDSTILL THIS TIME of year, so it’s a good time to sit back and ponder the wonders of plant life. This week, the subject is mycorrhiza. Wait! Don’t stop reading! Sure, the word “mycorrhiza” appears intimidating. But mycorrhiza are important in your garden, maybe even to your houseplants. Let’s unravel the mystery.

First, the pronunciation.

Say: my-ko-RY-za. It sounds nicer than it looks.

Now let’s take the word apart to see what it means.

“Myco” comes from the Greek word meaning “fungus” and “rhiza” from the word meaning “root.” Mycorrhiza, then, is a “fungus-root,” an association between a plant root and a fungus so intimate that the pair has been given a name as if it was a single organism.

The association is symbiotic, beneficial to both parties. One end of the fungus infects a plant root, while the rest of the long, threadlike body of the fungus ramifies through the soil. Nutrients are absorbed from the soil by the fungus and pumped back to the plant. The result: mycorrhizal plants can draw nutrients and water from a greater volume of soil than can non-mycorrhizal plants, and plant nutrition is improved. To cite one practical demonstration of this benefit, agricultural scientists in California found that the presence of mycorrhia was equivalent to the addition of more than one hundred pounds of phosphorus fertilizer per acre on citrus trees.

The mycorrhizal association might be termed a balanced parasitism, for the fungus must extract payment for its services. Carbohydrates are, literally, the fuel of life, and though mycorrhizal fungi can absorb minerals from the soil, they cannot make their own carbohydrates. So these fungi draw carbohydrates from their host plants. Non-mycorrhizal fungi get their carbohydrates either by eating living things without returning the favor, in which case they are called parasites, or by eating once-living organisms such as wood, leaves, and dead animals, in which case the fungi are called saprophytes.

Thin threads of fungal hyphae have invaded this cell in a blueberry root, forming a mycorrhizal association, which is to the benefit of both the plant and the fungus. (PHOTO COURTESY LEE REICH)

Mycorrhiza are almost ubiquitous on our planet. As you hike through the forest in spring or fall, most of the mushrooms you see on the forst floor are the reproductive structures of mycorrhizal fungi, periodically popping up through the ground to spread spores. Beneath the ground, these mushrooms are connected to nearby tree roots by fine fungal threads.

Mushrooms are formed only by certain types of mycorrhizal fungi. Most mycorrhizal fungi are not so obvious, working unobtrusively in association with the roots of the vegetables and flowers in your garden, your lawn, shrubs, and trees. The gourmet’s truffle is the underground reproductive structure of one type of mycorrhizal fungus.

Most plants on our planet are infected with mycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhiza are absent only in special situations such as plants growing in the spoils left from mining operations, agricultural soils that have been sterilized to kill pests, or sterilized potting soil in flower pots. Certain plants never become infected; cabbage, and its relatives, are examples.

The importance of mycorrhiza is not diminished by their ubiquitous nature. Mycorrhiza is a general term, and not all mycorrhiza are equal.

A plant may be mycorrhizal, but perhaps not with the best species of mycorrhizal fungus or, perhaps, not enough of them. Mulching, ferilization, irrigation, chemical use and other gardening and agricultural practices alter the types and amounts of mycorrhizal fungi in the soil.

Old-time gardeners used to throw a handful of soil from an old apple tree into the planting hole for a new apple tree. A crude form of mycorrhizal inoculation? Agricultural researchers now are trying to quantify why plants respond to inoculation with mycorrhizal fungi at one site, and not another. Which are the best fungi? What affects them?

Recent research has shown that improved nutrition is only the most obvious effect of mycorrhiza. The mycorrhizal association also influences plant response to stresses such as drought, insects and diseases.

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Antique toys popular with all ages

NTIQUE TOYS, especially those that move and make noise, are popular with both young and old, and many are very expensive.

Advertising toys bring back special memories and are wanted by those who collect advertising and those who want toys.

This car with “Moxie” on the side is in mint to good condition. It is a rare blue version of an 8-inch-long tin toy car with a man on a horse in a Moxie jacket and cap driving a Moxiemobile. It sold for $2,600 at a Morford’s auction in Cazenovia, New York.

Moxie was a drink introduced in 1885, two years before Coca-Cola. It claimed to be a health drink and was flavored with bitter herbs. The taste was so strange that people said you had to be brave to drink it. So by 1930, the word “moxie” become a slang term for brave or daring, and “He had a lot of moxie” became a common saying. The company was purchased by CocaCola in 2018.

has reissued some Steuben glass. Steuben’s Aurene glass sells for high prices ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars for special pieces. Your family history adds to the value.

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& Haas” and “Haas & Czjzek” dinnerware. It’s not a full set but includes very large dinner plates and several large tureens.

It was my grandmother’s china. I’m 83 years old, so you can tell how old these dishes are. I don’t want them to end up in the Goodwill bin. Can you tell This toy car was a clever ad for Moxie, a soft drink popular in me the history and give me New England. It sold for $2,600. (COWLES SYNDICATE INC.) any suggestions as to what subscribers, and a signaware made by Allegheny I could do with them? ture of the subscriber. The China Co. The company was book is in fair condition founded in Warren, PennLippert & Haas was in given its age. Can you tell sylvania, in 1952 and made business in Schlaggenwald, Bohemia (now Horni Slavkov, me the approximate value? dinnerware for restaurants and hotels. This mark was Czech Republic) from about This book is part of a bi- used before 1959. Allegheny 1808 to 1847. August Haas ography of George Washing- China Co. became a subsidbought the company in 1847 iary of Buffalo China Co. in and opened a factory in Aich, ton written by John Marshall Bohemia (now Doubi, Czech between 1804 and 1807. It was 1962. Hotel and restaurant originally published in five ware continue to be made.

Republic). Johann Czjzek became a partner in 1867, and volumes. Marshall, who later Pieces embossed “Allegheny became chief justice of the Su- China, U.S.A.” surrounding the company name became preme Court, was a friend of the image of a buffalo were Are there any buyers Haas & Czjzek. The factory Washington and served with made after 1962. for Aurene glassware from was nationalized in 1945. It TIP: To remove a crayon Steuben Glass Works? was privatized 1992 and con- him in the Revolutionary War. My great-grandfather tinued in business until 2011, First editions of the books are mark from paper, coat it with a thin layer of rubber cement, and my grandfather both when the factory closed. Haas rare and sell for high prices. let it dry, then rub it off. worked as glass blowers & Czjzek stores in Budapest, Copies of the book of maps have sold for several hundred and designers for Steuben Hungary, sell porcelain and to more than one thousand Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel in Corning, New York, and glass. You can check prices answer readers’ questions sent I own several beautiful for Haas & Czjzek on replace- dollars. You should contact an antiquarian book dealer to the column. Send a letter pieces. ment services like Replace or an auction house that sells with one question describing the ments.com. It’s hard to sell antique books to see what size, material (glass, pottery) Aurene glass is an dinnerware, especially if it’s and what you know about the iridescent gold, blue, green not a complete set. You might your book would sell for.

Copies have sold from $75 to item. Include only two pictures, or red glass developed by be able to find an antiques $1,700 in recent auctions. the object and a closeup of any Frederick Carder, one of the store or consignment shop marks or damage. Be sure your founders of Steuben Glass that will at least try to sell I bought a box of old name and return address are Works. It was first made some of the serving pieces. dishes at a flea market to included. By sending a question, about 1904. Gold Aurene Perhaps you have a family you give full permission for use was the first color made, and member who will appreciate use at our cabin. There are several mugs marked in any Kovel product. Names, Blue Aurene was next. The its history. name “Aurene” comes from “Allegheny China, Vitriaddresses or email addresses fied, Warren, Pa.” They will not be published. Questions a combination of “Au,” the I have a book, “The are white with thin green that are answered will appear chemical symbol for gold, Life of George Washingin Kovels Publications. Write to and “sheen.” Steuben Glass ton-Maps and Subscriber’s bands around the rim.

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Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions.

Cast-iron boot jack, grasshopper shape, red paint, elongated feelers with curly ends to hold boot, 3 x 10 x 5 inches, $25.

Political, poster, Register/ Vote, image of Martin Luther King Jr. and American flag, Somebody Paid the Price for Your Right, Millenium Group, 1976, 22 x 16 inches, $125.

Glass paperweight, Baccarat, sulphide, blue tint inside, gold tone bust of Martin Luther King Jr. inside, faceted with 10 round panels, marked, 1970s, 2 3/4 inches, $155.

Furniture, table, drop leaf, Chippendale, cherry wood, two shaped leaves, tapered square legs, 18th century, 28 x 34 x 35 inches, $250.

Postcard, Martin Luther King Jr., 1929-1968, Distinguished Civil Rights Leader, portrait, first day cover with King’s image on stamp, postmarked Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 13, 1979, autographed by Rosa Parks with date 1982, $375.

World War I poster, Sew the Seeds of Victory, Plant & Raise Your Own Vegetables, National War Garden Commission, Washington, D.C., woman in American flag dress planting seeds, signed “James Montgomery Flagg,” 1918, 33 x 22 inches, $415.

Toy, musical tumbler, drum rolls and plays music, pulled by horse, two clowns, one drives, other sits on drum and plays trumpet, tin, handpainted, windup, Germany, 13 inches, $615.

Salesman’s sample, Howard Plow, wood, metal, with advertisement picturing an image of the plow, late 19th century, 8 inches, $750.

WASHINGTON

30-year US mortgage rate climbs to 3.22%

By Kathy Orton

The Washington Post

What a difference a year makes. One year ago this week, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate sank to its lowest level in history. This week, fixed mortgage rates followed long-term bond yields and rose to their highest levels in 20 months.

According to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate average climbed to 3.22% with an average 0.7 point. (A point is a fee paid to a lender equal to 1% of the loan amount. It is in addition to the interest rate.) It was 3.11% the previous week and a record-low 2.65% a year ago.

This is the highest the 30-year fixed average has been since May 2020.

The 15-year fixed-rate average rose to 2.43% with an average 0.6 point. It was 2.33% the previous week and 2.16% a year ago. The fiveyear adjustable rate average held steady at 2.41% with an average 0.5 point. It was 2.75% a year ago.

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Douglas W. Adler to David G. Higgins, 191 Orchard St., $279,900.

AGAWAM Alyssa L. Febo to Timothy A. Bates, 616 Suffield St., $315,900.

Andrew Lopez and Alyssa Lopez to Benjamin E. Nuzzolilli, 61 Parker St., $267,500.

Fitore Halili, Xhemail Ahmeti, Hyrije BRIMFIELD Ahmeti and Fisnik Halili to James Pappas and Jin Jing Pappas, 42 Everett C. Rubel to Joshua Adam Plantation Drive, Unit 42, $210,000.

Patraw, 146 Wales Road, $217,000.

Ronnie E. Clarke and Mandy Mark E. Kifer and Sandra J. Kifer Clarke to Ziomara Jourdan and to Daniel McCabe and Barbara Pedro Rosado, 550 Southwick St., McCabe, 80 Lyman Barnes Road, $335,000. $460,000.

Lorraine A. Hart, trustee, Cheryl A. Patterson, trustee, and Sand Dollar Realty Trust to Amherst Office Park LLC, 19 Research Drive, $736,000.

John A. Kuusisto and Cynthia W. Kuusisto to John A. Kuusisto, trustee, Cynthia W. Kuusisto, trustee, John A. Kuusisto Declaration of Trust and Cynthia W. Kuusisto Declaration of Trust, 50 Overlook Drive, $100.

ASHFIELD Alexander D. Jacobson and Rebecca D. Jacobson, trustees of the Jacobson Living Trust, to Juliet A. Jacobson and Christopher W. Farley, 569 John Ford Road, $150,000.

BELCHERTOWN Diane M. Lemire and Arthur R. Lemire to Robert H. Adair, 433 Amherst Road, $380,000.

Robert H. Adair to Shawn E. Rivard and Shawn E. Rivard II, 56 North Main St., $268,000.

Carl A. Dunn to Carl A. Dunn and Kelly Powers, 86 Kowal Drive, $100.

Elaine A. Henrichon, personal representative, and Robert J. Henri- Charles A. Graham and Ann M. chon, estate, to Gerald S. Bolduc, 16 Graham to Donald George and Grela Terrace, $310,000.

Cheryl George, 41 Oakhill Circle, M & G Land Development LLC, Unit 25, $302,500. to Nicholas J. Brown and Sara B. Dan G. Wilder and Bonnie L. Wilder Brown, 107 Shea Ave., $447,260. to Stephanie D. Lepsch, 132 Clair-

John M. McCue and Marianne Deborah Auld to Thomas A. MonMcCue to Jake Swinicki, Jake tagna and Kristina A. Montagna, 611 Thomas Swinicki and Marra Prater, Suffield St., $280,000.

62 Barton Ave., $305,000.

Ellen K. Hitas, representative, and Heidi M. Bradway to Felicia Peter Andrew Hitas, estate, to Siclari, 401 North Washington St., Fisnik Halili and Fitore Halili, 95 $343,000.

Corey St., $260,000.

AMHERST

Memorial Drive, $425,000.

Richard C. Barry Jr., representative and Oliver L. Howlett, estate, to Weisheng Xu and Hongsong Chou, 116 Paige Hill Road, $862,000.

Samantha A. Squires, representative, Richard L. Squires Jr., estate, and Selena Squires to Paul Dibaro and Karen Dibaro, 9 Crestwood Road, $140,000.

mont Ave., $245,000.

Daniel E. Bowler Jr., representative, and Avis I. Bowler, estate, to Daniel E. Bowler Jr., 55 Empire St., Unit 1, $138,871.

James Cherewatti, Barbara Deslauriers, representative, David Deslauriers, estate, James Fleming, Alan St. Hilaire, Sharleen Roman and James Beadle to Esha Farm LLC, 818 Chicopee St., $900,000.

John F. Barry Jr., and Joanne M. Barry to Tyler Vaccaro and Cherice Vaccaro, 28 Marble Ave., $226,101.

Kyprea LLC, to AG Brothers LLC, 704 Memorial Drive, $625,000.

Lizette Rodriguez and Hector Rodriguez to Lisa M. Madison, 1275 Pendleton Ave., Unit 6217-C, $180,900.

Dolores M. Leutsch to Glenn R. Beaumier, 23 Andersen Road, Unit W11, $170,000.

Dorene A. Archambault, conservator, Michael Morgan and Denise Morgan to Alyaa Salah and Saddam AlAkraa, 60 College St., $110,000.

Miguel A. Rodriguez-Cortes and Elsie Velazquez-Mendez to Tasha Rivera and Frans Rivera-Garcia, 292 Frontenac St., $322,000.

Oxford Investment LLC, to Agilent Technologies Inc., 711 East Main St., $10,471,450.

Evelyn L. Hartling, estate, and Gail E. Mailhott-Foster, representative, to Thomas E. Dart and Deborah A. Dart to Luise Margarete Nieves and Kaali Huang LLC, 97 Lombard St., Carlos Nieves Sr., 85 Southwick St., $190,000. $310,000.

Ganna Boyko and Volodymyr Boyko to Natanael Crespo, 46 Mount COLRAIN Vernon Road, $440,000.

James Cherewatti, Barbara Deslau- Richard J. Nicholas to Samuel E. riers, representative, David Deslauri- Slowinski and Caitlyn M. Wilkins, ers, estate, James Fleming, Alan St. 72 Christian Hill Road, $120,000.

Hilaire and Sharleen Roman to Esha Farm LLC, 17 Adams St., $900,000.

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At any rate, mycorrhiza is a fascinating demonstration of ecology, the interrelationship of organisms on the earth.

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CONWAY Susan M. Bobe and Abigail M. Merriam, personal representatives of the Estate of Mary M. Merriam, to Randall H. Howe and Ann G. Howe, 39 Newhall Road, $500,000.

Colleen T. Filler, “aka” Colleen Teasdale Filler, and J. Nicholas Filler to Sterling W. Hubbard III, and Kathleen D. Lowry, Mathews Road, $400,000.

Colleen T. Filler and J. Nicholas Filler to Jennifer Thomas-Adams and Joel Thomas-Adams, 455 Matthews Road, “aka” Mathews Road, $815,000.

CUMMINGTON Bonnie Ann Hunt to Christine M. Brandon, 1 Honey Hill Road and Trouble Street, $189,000.

DEERFIELD Colleen T. Filler, “aka” Colleen Teasdale Filler, and J. Nicholas Filler to Sterling W. Hubbard, III and Kathleen D. Lowry, Mathews Road, $400,000.

Jodi C. Turati to Judith Ellen Robinson, Zoe Martin Crowhurst-Robinson and David James Leslie, 753 River Road, $435,000.

Dustin Pros to Chang S. Feliciano and Edwin James Feliciano, 19 Elm Circle, $350,000.

EAST LONGMEADOW Ann M. Sapelli to Jamianne Stallings, 14 Hunting Road, $289,186.

John J. Papale and Lynn M. Papale to Adnan Dahdul and Chrisanne Dahdul, Bella Vista Drive, $204,900.

John Occhialini to 25 Granby Street LLC, 25 Granby St., $237,500.

Thomas J. Stewart to Bryce A. Peritz and Julia A. Bonavita, 37 High St., $252,000.

EASTHAMPTON Richard E. Archambeault and Janice C. Archambeault to Aaron J. Archambeault, trustee, and Richard & Janice Archambeault Irrevocable Trust, 23 Knight Ave., $100.

Antti R. Kaisla and Eileen M. Kaisla to Paul McMillian and Laurie McMillian, 17 Laurin Lane, $417,000.

Janice L. Clark to Amelia Autumn Lijek, 2 Mechanic St., $200,000.

Gigi Rentals LLC, to Dylan Rickles, 20 Florence Road, $607,000.

ERVING Chester J. Kabaniec Jr., Margaret C. Kabaniec and Sandra Jean Kabaniec

to PACLED Properties Inc., 18 Prospect St., $232,500.

GRANVILLE Deborah A. Dallaire to Morgan K. Ireland, 1542 Main Road, $220,000.

Juan Ochoa to Timothy E. Fedora and Amanda A. Fedora, 19 Old Westfield Road, $245,000.

GREENFIELD

Riverview Development Associates LLC, to Jeffrey G. Donovan and Denise M. Donovan, 717 Northampton St., Unit 63, $420,000.

Road, $700,000.

Four Harps LLC, to Dorline Diaz Garay, 108-110 West St., $235,000.

Robin Seth Odentz and Corey Taylor Odentz to Zachary Ferrara, 173 Wolf Swamp Road, $275,000.

Gary R. Champagne to Gary R. Champagne and Barbara J. Champagne, 85 Hitchcock St., $100.

Holyoke Gas & Electric to Zhang Qihang Li Feifei and Zhang Qihang Li Feifei, Appleton Steet, $4,000.

Linda L. Audet, Marianne E. Desautels, Marianne E. Desuatels, Joseph C. LaPointe, David C. LaPointe, SteJames F. Lewis to Property Advantage ven P. LaPointe, Clayton C. LaPointe Inc., 306-308 Wells St., $82,500. and Kara J. Sim to Tyler C. Nelson, Verne W. Bissell, trustee of the Verne 34 King St., $210,000.

W. Bissell Trust, to Parody Builders Meghann A. Jurkowski to Hattie & Sons LLC, 24 Davenport Way, Love Adastra and Jose A. Gonzalez, $65,000 139 Hillside Ave., $205,000.

David W. Brady and Patricia M. Brady Nicholas P. Boccio to Ruth to Daniel E. Sargent, 94 Laurel St., Dansereau, 6b Maple Crest Circle, $215,000. $109,000.

Caitlin Dubuque, “fka” Caitlin C. Real Estate Inc., Martinelli Martini & Miller, and Michael Dubuque to Gallagher to Lucila Bruno, 77 BrookMary Kathryn Stillings and Matthew line Ave., $299,900.

Herman Van Den Hengel, 9 Pine St., $285,000.

Craig S. Berry to Nathaniel R. Walker, 60 Grinnell St., $250,000.

LEVERETT

HADLEY Mark DiFranco, trustee, and 48 Bay Road Nominee Realty Trust to 315 Russell Street LLC, 85 Russell St., $100.

John J. Kowal to Karl Schmidt and Leigha Schmidt, Honey Pot Road, $35,000.

HAMPDEN James G. Prior, representative, and Jacqueline J. Prior, estate, to Wayne E. Phaneuf, 180 Glendale Rd, $345,000.

HATFIELD Gleason Johndrow Group LLC, to SV Property I LLC, 164 West St., $5,770,000.

HAWLEY Gary Aprea, trustee of the Ferdinand Aprea Revocable Trust, to Edward Anderson, Douglas A. Blough and Sienna Valente-Blough, East Hawley Road, $175,000.

HOLLAND Daniel Meara to Daniel Meara and Michelle Meara, 5 Oak Ridge Drive, $100.

Holland Town to Daniel Meara, 16 Island Road, $3,780.

HOLYOKE Alfaville LLC, to Seamus Fahey and Heather M. Fahey, 32 Maple Crest Circle, Unit H, $159,900.

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Michael Dover and Rebecca Reid to Neil A. Robb, 51 Camp Road, $285,000.

LEYDEN Nancy Robbins Federici, “aka” Nancy E. Robbins, and Gail A. Javins to Richard Jay Siegel and Jennifer Bakewell Siegel, 158 Frizzell Hill Road, $280,000.

Robert A. Walsh and Ashley Walsh to Benjamin Kraus and Anna Kraus, 857 Longmeadow St., $755,000.

Samantha M. Dubner to Alan Notre and Rebecca Notre, 168 Maple Road, $285,000.

Valerie J. Flaherty, representative, and Kenneth S. Swinski, estate, to Edward F. Cassell IV, and Heather A. Cassell, 142 Elmwood Ave., $223,500.

LUDLOW Integrity Builds LLC ,to Dan Mordica, West Street, $50,000.

Jeffrey A. Touchette and Jeffrey Allen Touchette to Derya Tanriverdi and Ahmet Tanriverdi, 172 Edison Drive, $418,000.

Mark Jessup to Elise C. Roberts, 4 Water Edge Drive, Unit 4, $208,000.

Mary Rarogiewicz to Torretti Builders LLC, 125 Munsing St., $230,000.

NEW SALEM Dustin Fisher and Sheana Fisher, “fka” Sheana Floran, to Ashoryn LLC, Wendell Road, $35,000.

NORTHAMPTON Joseph Wayne Garland and Mollie Marie Fox to Julia Cafritz, 24 Water St., $405,000.

Karen E. Menze and Lina A. Menze, attorney-in-fact, to Vivian A. Breen and John Breen, 30 Village Hill Road, $295,000.

Robert P. Hincks to Bianca Sena and Jacob Pecht, 49 Prospect St., $536,000.

Columns at Rockwell Place LLC, to Catherine M. Swift and Timothy F. Gillis, 30 Village Hill Road, $263,900.

Robert A. Borawski and Ann M. Borawski to Robert S. Fletcher and Cheryl A. Fletcher, Kennedy Road, $300,000.

Neal A. Bibeau to Mark G. Bibeau, 65 Barrett St., $75,000.

Bruce C. Bibeau to Mark G. Bibeau, 65 Barrett St., $100.

Kathleen M. Trofatter and Kathleen Michelle Elliot to Barbara E. Thompson and David G. Thompson, M. Arnold to Yarrow S. Paisley, 80 Damon Road, $125,000.

150 Highland Ave., $248,500.

Robert J. Aquadro, trustee, Mary Patricia Ann Messier to Bank of Downey Costello, trustee, and Robert America, 549 Alden St., $208,883.

A. Aquadro Revocable Trust to AmePatriot Living LLC, to Lori Crum, lia S. Moore and Jackson M. Broad902 East St., $245,000. bent, 212 Chestnut St., $480,000.

Sheila M. Bolduc to Pedro R. Osario Meetinghouse Realty Investments and Loyda Osario, 517 Ideal Lane, 600 LLC, to NSA Property HoldUnit 705, $375,000. ings LLC, 547 Easthampton Road, $10,815,000.

LONGMEADOW Benjamin J. Barker and Carmencita N. Barker to Grace V. Helmich, 42 Elm Ave., $299,900.

Brianna J. Butcher to Saosokrith Pech, Leang N. Hok and Navy Kry, 11 Nevins Ave., $295,000.

David R. Nissenbaum, representative, Margie A. Nissenbaum, representative, John P. Isenburg, representative, Roebrt G. Agnoli, representative, Robert G. Agnoli, representative, Steven A. Nissenbaum, estate, and Steven Andrew Nissenbaum, estate, to Larry R. Cloutier, 182 Englewood Road, $325,000.

David Ronaldson and Timothy Ronaldson to SA Holding 2 LLC, 184 Nevins Ave., $193,000.

MONSON Andrew B. Johnston, Brianna V. Johnston and Brianna J. Valenti to Meghan L. Chotain, 74 Bethany Road, $260,000.

MONTAGUE Barbara E. Folan and John J. Laprade to John J. Laprade, 32 Fosters Road, $150,000.

Barbara E. Folan and John J. Laprade to Barbara E. Folan, 32 Old Sunderland Road, $150,000.

Bryan G. Hobbs to McKenzie Property Management Inc., 9 Turnpike Road, $250,000.

Anthony L. Martino to Gregory J. Precourt, 10 Station St., “aka” School Street, $80,000.

Hsiang-Ching Kung and Min-Shya Gary Stone’s Remodeling LLC, Kung to Jennifer M. Hirst and Trevor to Jodi C. Turati, 461 Federal St., Hirst, 162 Green Meadow Drive, $341,000. $450,000.

Denise Felege to Laura Willis, 75 John G. Bagley and Gina M. Bagley Oakman St., $171,000. to Jeffrey Murdock and ChrisJohn T. Galvin and Michelle M. tine McQuade, 359 Williams St., Galvin to Annette P. Szpila and $475,000.

Ronald M. Szpila, 20 Swamp Road, Mingqi He and Li Xue to Evan $569,000.

Dalton and Jillian Bertuzzi, 101 Ely

Mark Hatch to Marla J. Shelasky, 267 Locust St., $146,000.

Pamela R. Davidson and Tamara Bajandas to Raquel Kosovske and David Seidenberg, 11 Winter St., $460,000.

NORTHFIELD Anna M. Zilinski, “fka” Anna M. Reid and Colby C. Zilinski to Jonathan J. Hall, 692 Pine Meadow Road, $320,000.

ORANGE Vivian A. Pratt, “aka” Vivian A. Pollard, Harry A. Pratt and Virginia E. Pratt to Katherine Mayte Moenk and Tim I. Moenk, 73 Fountain St., $225,000.

Motor City Automotive Group MA LLC, to Sonias Auto Group Real Estate LLC, 95 New Athol Road, $1,400,000.

Chante M. Jillson, personal representative of the Estate of Elisabeth A. Hart, to Chante M. Jillson and Douglas R. Jillson, 286 Holtshire Road, $107,000.

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PALMER Brital1987 LLC, to Allison A. Flebotte and Theresa Watkins, 2014 Quaboag St., $259,900.

Eric M. Nacsin, Amanda P. Vigneault and Amanda P. Nacsin to Matthew Brotherton, 261 Barker St., $255,000.

Laura A. Martin to Maribel Ortiz and Armando Gonzalez, 106 Flynt St., $237,000.

RUSSELL Jesse M. Veprauskas and Jennifer Panek to Jeffrey Footit, 1441 Blandford Road, $210,000.

SHELBURNE

$100.

SOUTHAMPTON Dale A. Canon, personal representative, and David H. Parsons, estate, to CTNA Construction LLC, 69 High St., $185,000.

SOUTHWICK Charles L. Barowsky, estate, and James E. Barowsky, representative, to Gloria J. Collazo, 64 Buckingham Drive, $175,000.

David M. Meyer to Jesse Veprauskas, Coes Hill Road, $330,000.

Fiore Realty Holdings LLC, to Hamelin Framing Inc., Silvergrass Lane, $127,500.

Fiore Realty Holdings LLC, to Hamelin Framing Inc., Silvergrass Lane, $142,500.

Keith A. Long to Daniel J. Gelina, 18 Shaggbark Drive, $307,400.

Pavel Duducal to William M. Greer Anthony P. Hall to Maxwell Dickinson and Michelle B. Greer, 323 College and Michael Sokolovsky, 241 Barnard Highway, $80,000.

Road, $185,000.

Cheryl L. Nichols and Ward W. Nichols to Jennifer Kate Gomberg and Michael Tombs, 50 Fiske Mill Road, $400,000.

SHUTESBURY John P. Roy, John W. Roy and Mary M. Roy to David D. Dumala and Mary E. Dumala, 77 Shore Drive, $600,000.

SOUTH HADLEY

SPRINGFIELD 147 Colton Street LLC, to Summers Sunshine and Demetreus T. Middlebrooks, 147 Colton St., $225,000.

Steve D. Porter to Terry W. Lee, 43 Carlisle St., $10,000.

Frederick Barile and Michelle M. Barile to Damaris Melendez, 86 Kirk Drive, $220,000.

Trinh T. Tran to Gama Investments LLC, 393-395 Wilbraham Road, $410,000.

Garry Porter to Terry W. Lee, 39 Carlisle St, $50,000.

Vito M. Dellaera to Thi Ngoc Nu Huynh and Hoang Thanh Le, 79 Benz St., $285,000.

Garry Porter to Terry W Lee, 43-45 Carlisle St., $60,000.

Gerome K. Gore to Nikayla A. Chapman, 27 Reed St., $190,000.

James W. Scott and Roger Theime to Juan Bermudez, 158 Littleton St., $200,000.

Kathleen R. Duncan to Anthony C. Demaio, 30 Ford St., $165,000.

Keron K. Baker to Melinda A. Carey and Bruce W. Corkins, 34-36 Sylvan St., $262,000.

Laura A. Braica, Lawrence J. Gallo, David A. Gallo and Kristin J. Rothstein to Tek B. Budathoki, 86 Winding Lane, $272,000.

Allan M. Maende and Marystella L. Maende to Simone Da Veiga Dos Santos Alves, 49-51 Rittenhouse Terrace, $320,000.

Mary Lou DiSantis to Trey Cushman, 36 Weymouth St., $225,000.

Carriage Funeral Holdings Inc., to JK Wave Inc., 486-494 Belmont Ave., $840,000.

Cindy R. King and Francis M. King to Maira Silva, 417-419 Carew St., $250,000.

David Jack Maradyn and Lisa Ann Maradyn to Fred Swan, 137 Bellevue Ave., $310,000.

Debra L. Crepea and Charles Wayne Chistolini to Thomas Noonan, 131 Welland Road, $250,000.

Donna L. Grode-Chmura, Donna L. Grode and Gerald W. Chmura to Campagnari Construction LLC, 65 Russell St., $100,000.

Equity Trust Co., custodian, Robert Lareau and Robert Lareau Ira to Alpina Williams, 230-232 White St., $330,000.

Theresa A. Zheleznyakov, George M. Ghareeb Jr., Maria T. Kazanjian and Gregory M. Ghareeb to Loriann Ruiz, 645 Allen St., $299,000.

Garland Smith, Linda Smith, Ronnie Eugene Smith, Virginia Smith, Linda Diane Keller, Roy Keller, Pamela Marie Boissonneault, Stephanie Lynn Owens and Eddie Owens to James Poreda, 53 Merrill Road, $170,000.

Mark T. Laramee to Huiqing Zhu, 24-26 Ferris St., $285,000.

Walter W. Haynes, Marian C. Haynes, Michael L. Haynes and Michael L. Haynes, attorney-in-fact, to Bruce J. Camrie and Amanda J. Picardi, 9 San Souci Drive, $540,000.

Francis J. Galat Jr., and Brian C. Roode, attorney-in-fact, to Gilroy Property Renewal Inc., 36 Dale St.,

Fred M. Cocchi Jr., to Geovanni Montesino and Madelaine Saborit, 742-744 White St., $185,000.

Aliciah Porter to Shane A. Rhiney, 246-248 College St., $255,000.

Bretta Construction LLC, to Magaly Lopez-Ramos, 239 Gresham St., $380,000.

Theresa H. Perrea, personal representative, Valeri Bernadette Adamski, estate, Valeri B. Adamski, estate, and Valerie B. Adamski, estate, to Ronald Joseph Hamel and Brenda Joyce Hamel, 4 Strong Farm Lane, $450,000.

Steve D. Porter to Terry W. Lee, 39 Carlisle St., $22,000.

AJN Rentals LLC, to Belkis Alvarez, 24-26 Palmer Ave., $231,000.

and Jeanne Skuse, trustee, to James Defond and Jeanne Defond, 69 Pond Road, $184,000.

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Eric Donald Ainsworth to David J. Audet, 71-73 Tulsa St., $315,000.

Lissette M. Rivera and Jeanette Ramos to Maria D. Nunez, 247 Pheland St., $225,000.

Ramona Balicki, trustee, and 48 Arthur H. Helmus to Chastity Nieves School Street Realty Trust to Richard and Natalie Nieves, 725 Dickinson Todrin and Ruth Todrin, 48 School St., $290,000.

St., $100.

Bonnie Jean C. Lynch and Bonnie AAD LLC, to Alexus T. Keith, 1 Canal Jean C. Shannon to Roger J. Ramsey St., $244,900. and Heather F. Butler, 129 Eddy St., $205,000.

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Cheryl Calhoun, Cheryl Bisson, Ronald Calhoun and Glenn Calhoun to Cheryl Calhoun, Cheryl Bisson, Ronald Calhoun, Glenn Calhoun and Chelsea L. Calhoun, 388 Newton St., $100.

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Nelson Baez to Oussama Awkal, Liberty Street, $30,000.

Pennymac Loan Services LLC, to JCG Investments LLC, 30 Craig St., $128,700.

Reinaldo Guzman and Alondra Rivera to Kerri-Ann Warren, 1357 Sumner Ave., $213,000.

Tuan Tran to Ericka Vasquez Lopez and Edwar Cartagena Alvarez, 293 Belmont Ave., $260,000.

WALES Mary A. Grueter to Jonathan Gary Carbonneau and Meaghin Marie Fournier, 90 Stafford Road, $265,000.

WARE Kelly M. Millier and Robert Jones to Corrina G. Stoddart, 13 Clifford Ave., $233,900.

WENDELL Mary E. Flynn, Jaron Lyons and Adam Sutton to Ezra Ward, Bullard Pasture Road, $70,000.

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Richard J. Dietrich to Mina Draia, Georgetown St., $35,000.

Richard Skwisz and Alison M. Bartlett-O’Donald to Perry Dulude, 63 Chauncy Drive, $120,000.

Denise M. LaBelle to Cecelia Kryzwick and Kateltnn Kryzwick, 145 Upper Beverly Hills, $235,000.

Robert Lareau, Robert Lareau IRA and Equity Trust Co., custodian, to Normari Rivera, 55 Edendale St., $220,000.

Harry Kalamarakis and Stella E. Kalamarakis to Lindsay Abdelmaseh, Lindsay P. Abdelmaseh, Nate Abdelmaseh and Nathan E. Abdelmaseh, 323 Cold Spring Ave., $163,000.

Seamus Fahey and Heather Fahey to Lismel Luciano, 72 Drexel St., $100,000.

Serge Dikan to Friday Williams, 113 Newland St., $335,000.

Springfield City to Jets Property Development LLC, 43 Crest St., $9,450.

Stephen F. McCarthy, estate, and Nicole McCarthy, representative, to Idaliz Melendez, 85 Tamarack Drive, $231,000.

Brian D. Sanders to Morgan Sanders and Jordanio Oquendo, 46 Janelle Drive, $465,000.

Daniel J. Gelina to Eugene A. Swift, 22 Dry Bridge Road, $246,900.

Donald Appleton and Sally A. Appleton to Lizette Rodriguez, 80 Elizabeth Ave., $340,000.

Jay M. Bushey and Brittany A. McCabe to Jay M. Bushey, Brittany A. McCabe and Susan McCabe, 200 Reservoir Ave., $168,165.

Joseph R. Moynihan and Julie Moynihan to Kemar Dwaynes Stephens and Tashaye Evone Johnson, 19 Princeton St., $265,000.

Mary A. Nelen, representative, Daniel M. Farrell, estate, Timothy J. Farrell, Thomas W. Farrell and Kathryn F. Sandvos to Thomas W. Farrell and Debra M. Moulton, 36 Allen Ave., $60,000.

Petrie Rubio Enterprises LLC, to Brett Nathaniel L. Nunez and Stephanie A. Nunez to Brian G .Desilets, 19 High Andre Ouimette, 15 Walker Road, St., $235,000. $235,000.

Richard P. Harrison and Barbara NorShannon M. Blando to Gwendolyn J. man-Harrison to Nathaniel L. Nunez Levine, trustee, and GJL RNL Nomand Stephanie Nunez, 55 Gifford inee Trust, trustee of, 198 Stafford Ave., $389,000.

Road, $212,800.

Alyce M. Vincelette, representative, and John A. Morytko Jr., estate, to James R. Regnier and Kristina M. Vickers, 24 Bear Hole Road, $357,000.

Roseline C. Chiuwa and Obioma S. Chiuwa to Ebonee Ganious, 133 Entrybrook Drive, $270,000.

WESTFIELD

Jamie Abare, representative, Thomas M. Abare Sr., estate, and Thomas M. Abare Jr., to Alycar Investments LLC, 120 Hampden St., $145,000.

Nicole E. Eutiquio, Nicole E. Jackson, Cecelia D. Kryzwick and Cecelia D. Jackson to Dream Realty Group LLC, 39-41 South Boulevard St., $265,000.

Sally Cardetti, representative, and Noella Green, estate, to Kathleen Stratton, 32 Park Ave. Court, Unit 32-21, $80,000.

Wendell P. Dickinson to Mike Covileac, 164 Montgomery Road, $275,000.

WESTHAMPTON Cynthia Crooks-Garcia to Daniel Perry and Karoline Perry, 288 Chesterfield Road, $485,000.

David W. Demarey and Julie M. Borowski to Nicole Demarey, 20 South Road, $315,000.

WHATELY Elizabeth R. Scott, individually and as executor of the Estate of David L. Scott, to 126 Mountain Road LLC, Chestnut Mountain Road, $10,425.

WILBRAHAM Catherine W. Labine to Karen Marinella Hall and Jonathan Hall, 10 Highridge Road, $546,000.

Harris Properties LLC, to SMC Properties LLP, 8 Dollar Ave., $400,000.

Susan B. Aiken to Jennifer Puhalski, 15 Southwood Drive, $433,000.

Theodore E. Cooledge and Gerald Small to Roger Chapdelaine Jr., and Tanner Chapdelaine, 733 Main St., $45,000.

WORTHINGTON Kenneth E. Andersen and Judith E. Andersen to Mary Ott-Dahill and Irving Dahill, 217 Huntington Road, $280,000.

Lawrence N. Fuller Jr., to Matthew R. Labrie and Keith R. Labrie, Prentice Road, $40,000.

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Don & Dave Runyan | Project of The Week

Blanket chest is practical perfection

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RACTICAL FOR almost any room in the house, this handsome blanket chest and seat project is equally at home in the bedroom, family room or hall. Perfect for everything from bedding and clothes to toys, boots and umbrellas, the chest combines traditional styling with plenty of storage under a handy, hinged seat.

Built from 18 board feet of oak and a sheet of matching plywood (other species will work just as well), the chest is a great project for beginners.

The design calls for mostly straight cuts, and the curved

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cuts are traced from full-size patterns.

To build, simply measure, trace and cut everything out.

Next, assemble the main section of the project – essentially a rectangular box – using glue and nails. Once the main body of the chest is assembled, add the back rest, arm supports and arm rests. Finally, install the lid and trim pieces and apply finish as preferred.

The project measures about 48 inches long by 19 inches deep by 36 inches tall at the back.

The Blanket Chest and Bench plan, No. 789, is $9.95

and includes step-by-step instructions with photos, traceable patterns, construction diagrams, a shopping list and cutting schedule and a toll-free help line for project questions.

Please include $3.95 per order for postage and handling and allow about two weeks for delivery.

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2021’s Hardy Hibiscus a huge hit

By Norman Winter

Tribune News Service

The Garden Guy would like to officially declare 2022 an encore year of the Hardy Hibiscus. I don’t know how the National Garden Bureau judges the success of any particular year’s celebration, but I am feeling that Summerific French Vanilla helped Old Norm hit it out of the park in 2021!

One of my best friends from Louisiana had been visiting Southern trial locations and excitedly sent me a photo of Summerific French Vanilla from Mississippi State University’s trials at the Truck Crops Branch Experiment Station in Crystal Springs. Although French Vanilla made its debut in 2021, I was lucky enough to get one. Those first blooms showed me why he was so excited.

It wasn’t hard to see a little of that native DNA, but this is a far cry from the hibiscus in the Mississippi ditch. French Vanilla is the perfect name for this new flower in the Summerific series. Creamy with an exquisite ruffled wavy texture and burgundy eye, it’s a floral portrait of unbelievable beauty.

I daresay there is not a white tropical hibiscus that can match its elegance.

At the start of last spring, I

was only growing Summerific Holy Grail. In addition to French Vanilla, I also added the new Spinderella and the absolutely gorgeous Berry Awesome from the Summerific series. The Garden Guy is sun-challenged, so I will never have those catalog-type photos with 50 flowers on one bush.

Mine are nonetheless beautiful, however, and play an integral part in the partnerships I create.

The new Summerific Spinderella gives a pinwheel-like look.

It is best described as a white hibiscus with swirling pink accented edges and a dark red eye. Spinderella is slightly larger at 54 inches and 60 inches wide. I grew mine in proximity to Heart to Hear Tickle Me Pink caladiums, hydrangeas and azaleas.

I use the Summerific Holy Grail in a couple of different ways. First, I have a couple as the backdrop to my pollinator garden, which I suppose really looks like a perennial garden.

While showy, the deep scarlet blooms and dark foliage also show off the partnerships. I also use it alongside a walkway leading to a swing in a tropical setting with bananas and elephant ears.

Lastly, I did mention Summerific Berry Awesome as

Summerific Holy Grail Hardy Hibiscus is growing as a backdrop to The Garden Guy’s pollinator garden. (NORMAN WINTER / TNS)

being gorgeous, which is no doubt the reason it is a Proven Winners top seller. The blooms are dark lavender pink with a red eye.

Just think, you will have these colorful 7- to 8-inch blooms year after year as they are perennial from zones 4-9. Many of you will be thrilled to also know these are not on Bambi’s menu.

Almost the entire country can relish their beauty. Choose a location with plenty of sun. I’ve already mentioned my dilemma of shifting morning sun and filtered afternoon light. It

could be a little better, but The Garden Guy is thrilled with the performance.

These hibiscus bloom on new growth, so it is important to keep them growing. My blooms ranged from mid-June to the end of August, so there is good reason to provide what they need. We don’t need a superbloom-type fertilizer, but one that is slow-released and balanced. I use light applications every four to six weeks, so check your formula recommendations. Feeding is particularly important if you are growing the hibiscus as a thriller plant in a mixed container that gets watered daily. These nutrients get leached out rather quickly, so make feeding a regular part of your regimen.

The Garden Guy hopes you will try several Summerific hibiscus in your landscape and make it a point to plan your partnerships like you would a salvia for the most fun and enjoyment. I am hoping to get my hands on Summerific Valentine’s Crush, which will make its debut in 2023.

Norman Winter is a horticulturist, garden speaker and author of “Tough-as-Nails Flowers for the South” and “Captivating Combinations: Color and Style in the Garden.”

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