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IN THE GARDEN WITH LEE REICH: It’s the time of year to prepare plants for repotting, F4 GARDEN NOTES, F3 PROJECT OF THE WEEK: Planter bench fits any space, F3 ANTIQUES & COLLECTING: Kitchen tools helped ease burden of harvest chores, F6 MORTGAGE RATES: 30-year US mortgage rate slips to 3.76%, F7 WMASS DEEDS, F7 WINDOW CLEANING: How to tell if you should hire a professional, F9

They require 80% less work than traditional gardens — and they’re better than they sound, Page F2

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Building a gravel garden They require 80% less work — and they’re better than they sound

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By Margaret Roach

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es, they may require 80% less work.

But their beauty alone is reason enough to rethink the way you’re gardening now.

The phrase “gravel garden” doesn’t resonate with Jeff Epping, although he’s a leading proponent of adopting this planting style, which is beautiful and exceptionally resilient.

“I’ve never liked the name, because it just doesn’t conjure the look of what’s possible,” said Epping, the director of horticulture at Olbrich Botanical Gardens, in Madison, Wisconsin, where he created his first gravel garden in 2009, and has planted three more since.

In the way that rock gardens aren’t all about the rocks, he said, gravel isn’t the lead character here, either. Rather, it plays the essential supporting role. The plants — in his case, mostly native grasses and flowering perennials evocative of natural prairie plant communities — do the showing off.

“When I tell people about

gravel gardening without them seeing it, they might say, ‘Oh, that sounds like it might be interesting,’” Epping said. “But then they see the images, and express surprise that it’s as beautiful as any garden.”

Then he adds a kicker: A gravel garden could be 80% less work to maintain than a conventional garden with similar plants.

That’s how converts are made.

It is precisely because of the gravel that upkeep is so drastically reduced. This is no mere top-dressing — not a mulch layer, but a deliberate foundation that is 4 or 5

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The spring show along the front walkway in Andrew Bunting’s Swarthmore, Pa., gravel garden includes bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii) and catmint (Nepeta x faassenii Walker’s Low).

(ANDREW BUNTING VIA THE NEW YORK TIMES)

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Garden Club The Agawam Garden Club meeting will be held on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Captain Charles Leonard House, 663 Main St. After a short business meeting, club member Frank LaMontagne will present a program titled “How to Propagate Plants.” He will cover the several different methods for propagating, dividing with a shovel, stem cuttings, and layering. At this time masks are required. Member dues of $15 will be due at the first meeting. Agawam Garden Club meetings are open to everyone and not limited to Agawam residents. More information can be found online at agawamgarden club.com.

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Garden programs Berkshire Botanical Garden presents these upcoming programs: • “Landscape Design II,” Thursdays, March 10 to April 7, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Learn skills essential for an effective functional garden design that honors the site and meets client needs.

Each week will cover a different topic or technique focusing on the importance of getting to know the client and site as a basis of effective and appealing design.

Essential and easy-tograsp design principles for those who design or install gardens will be introduced throughout the course. $210 members, $230 nonmembers; • “Botanical Wellness: Fire Cider Make and Take,” March 12, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Come see how easy herbology can be with this introductory herbal extraction workshop. Fire cider is a traditional herbal folk remedy.

Known for its immune and digestion boosting effects, this savory DIY infusion is made with wholesome ingredients and steeped over time. Simple to make. Leave this class with a recipe and a jar of finished fire cider to take home. $25 members, $35 nonmembers; • “Spring Planting for Fall Color,” March 12, noon to 1 p.m. This online lecture will help you plan ahead, making the most of your garden year-round. Both woody plants and perennials will be addressed. Bring paper and a pencil. $20 members, $30 nonmembers; To register for these programs or for more information, visit berkshire botanical.org. Botanical Garden is located at 5 W. Stockbridge Road.

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Applications are now available for the Agawam Garden Club’s 2022 scholarship. To qualify for the scholarship students must be a graduating senior of Agawam High School or a college student who graduated from Agawam High School. Applicants must be majoring in or planning on majoring in one of the following: botany, environmental engineering, environmental science, earths systems, forest management, natural resources, plant soil and insect science, sustainable agriculture, sustainable horticulture or food and farming, turf grass science and management, landscape design and management technology, clean energy, technology studies: wastewater or other environmental related studies. Completed applications along with transcripts and references must be submitted to Denise Carmody, 40 Primrose Lane, Agawam MA 01001 by April 1.

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It’s the time of year to prepare plants for repotting

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O MATTER IF BITter-cold winds still howl this time of year, the days are getting longer. Houseplants are feeling the effect, and showing it with the beginnings of tender new growth.

Below ground, roots are doing likewise, which makes this an opportune time for repotting.

Not all houseplants necessarily need to be repotted.

Take a look at each of your houseplants, and if a pot seems disproportionately small, repotting is in order.

Don’t get overenthusiastic, though, for some plants look best cramped in a pot and can go years without repotting.

My aloe plant is one such plant, looking very much at home spilling over the sides of its flowerpot. Snake plants are another example. They do not need repotting until their thick, fleshy roots start forcing their way up and out of their pots.

Another way to tell whether or not a plant needs repotting is to look at its roots. Turn a

pot upside down, give its rim a sharp rap on the edge of a countertop, and the entire root ball should slip out intact. This works best if the soil is only slightly moist. For large plants, I wedge the pot between my feet, grasp the trunk, and yank upwards. In either case, if thick, brown roots are running circles around the outside of the root ball, the plant is potbound and needs to be repotted. If not, just slide the intact root ball back into its flowerpot.

The first step in repotting any plant is to loosen the worn-out soil from the outside of the rootball. This is going to be messy, so set your depotted plant on some newspaper.

Then comb the roots with a stick, pencil, or chopstick.

This splays the roots outwards, obligating them to forage into new soil once repotted.

Have ready a clean pot, an inch wider than the pot from which the plant was removed. Avoid the temptation to shift your plant to a much larger pot; The plant

will look and feel lost in such a home. The dry pores of new clay pots absorb prodigious amounts of water. Soak these pots in water for 12 hours, or else they will draw water at the expense of your newly potted plant.

Cover the drainage holes in the new pots so that the potting soil will not wash through. I use a screen, gravel, or pieces of broken clay pots. Use only enough gravel or pot shards to diminish the opening of the drainage hole; the higher you pile gravel or shards in the pot, the less room there is for roots. None of these would be necessary if manufacturers would make flowerpots with many small drainage holes rather than one or two large, gaping holes.

The new potting soil should not be sodden, but just moist A plant’s roots will eventually fill its pot, at which time it can enough to form a mold when move to a larger pot or, as shown here, have its roots sliced back SEE REICH, PAGE F6

to make room for new potting soil in the same pot. (LEE REICH PHOTO)

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Kitchen tools helped ease burden of harvest chores

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ETWEEN 1803 AND 1900, approximately 250 U.S. patents were filed for designs of apple peelers. One of the first designs was in the late 1700s.

Apples were a major crop in the U.S., and the evolution of kitchen tools like apple peelers significantly sped up fall harvesting chores. Apple peelers were taken to neighbors’ houses for annual “paring bees,” where men operated the hand-cranked machines, and women completed the finer work of quartering, slicing and stringing the apples for drying.

Dried apple slices were stored in bags and used to make applesauce or pies or for other culinary uses throughout the winter season.

Apple paring bees not only served a vital function to harvest food but were also popular social events. An unmarried man or woman would toss apple peelings over their left shoulder and try to see if they formed the initials of a future spouse.

Q. I was given a 32-inch Uneeda “walking doll” for my birthday when I was about 4 years old. She’s made of hard plastic, has stiff, movable arms and legs, blue sleep eyes and a blond wig. The back of her neck is marked “3176 M E,” (copyright symbol) “Uneeda Doll Company Inc., MCMLXXVI.” If you hold the doll’s hand and move

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her slightly from side to side, she will “walk” alongside you. There is an oddly shaped recessed area in her back that’s about 3 1/2 inches long and 2 inches wide.

What is this for?

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Uneeda Doll Co. was founded in 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. The company made thousands of moderately priced dolls and copied dolls made by other makers.

Although stiff-legged dolls like yours were sometimes called “walking dolls,” the first doll that actually “walked” was Baby First Step, made by Mattel beginning in 1964. A battery-operated motor in the doll’s body made it walk or roller skate. A compartment in the doll’s back held the batteries. The recessed area in your doll’s back may have been meant to hold batteries, but it doesn’t look like this model was made with battery-operated movement. The Roman numerals on your doll indicate it was made in 1976. Most dolls like yours were made in Taiwan then, but yours was made in the United States. The company changed ownership several times. It became Uneeda Doll Co., Ltd. in 1996 and is now headquartered in Henderson, North Carolina.

This 19th century apple peeler, painted green, has a flat plank base and a crank handle. It sold for $649. This early apple peeler is very rare because of the fragile all-wood construction.

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been made. If pieces are marked “Tiffany Studios New York” in raised letters in a Louis Comfort Tiffany, depressed rectangular area, or best known for his leadare just marked “Tiffany,” they ed-glass lampshades, winare fakes. Authentic Tiffany dows and iridescent art glass, desk sets made between about founded Tiffany Glass & Deco- 1900 and 1919 are impressed rating Company in Corona, or die-stamped “Tiffany New York, in 1892. It became Studios New York,” and each Tiffany Studios in 1902. The piece is impressed with a company made desk sets in different model number. over 15 different patterns.

Desk sets in the Pine Needle Sets had at least nine pieces, pattern, which has 12 pieces, including inkstands, pen trays, have auctioned for $2,800 paper racks, paper knives, to $4,200. A set with just rocker blotters, memo-pad six pieces sold recently for holders, stamp boxes, blotter $1,500. ends and calendars. Bookends, paperweights, lamps, Do old tin toys have any Did Tiffany ever make picture frames, thermometers value? My dad was born on desk sets? I think I own one. and other pieces were includ- a small farm in 1916 and It’s made of glass set in a ed in some larger sets. rarely had any SEE ANTIQUES, PAGE F9 patterned metal. My parFake “Tiffany” pieces have

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What about plant that already is as CONTINUES FROM PAGE F4 big as you want it to be? Weeping fig, squeezed in your hand. Put a handful for example, will grow in the tropics as into the new pot, then set the plant big as a maple does here, but I’d like on top. Add or take away dirt so that to restrain mine to its present height the soil line will be at the same depth of six feet. Such a plant still needs peon the plant’s stem before and after riodical repotting to make space for repotting. Remember that the final new roots. Root pruning is the modus soil level in the pot should be 1/2 to 1 operandi, in this case. When you have inch below the pot’s rim, depending the root ball of such plants exposed on pot size. Finally, add soil around in front of you, take a sharp knife, the root ball, firming it as you go with grit your teeth, and slice an inch off your fingertips or a stick. all around the sides and bottom. Also That done, your plant is ready to loosen some soil from the shoulders charge into growth until the roots are of the root ball. Now you are ready to

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repot the plant in the same pot it was in, as if you were shifting it to a larger pot.

This time of year, plants will recover rapidly from root pruning, but they will need some help. Compensate for the shock of root loss by pruning some of the plant’s branches. You didn’t want the plant to grow any bigger, anyway.

The end result of this whole process will be new growth below and above ground, and by the end of a year, the roots and tops will have grown to where they were before pruning and repotting. That this process can be carried out indefinitely is attested

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to by 300 year-old bonsai trees, still only a couple of feet high due to their yearly root and shoot pruning, and repotting.

I like to give all newly repotted plants a thorough watering by standing each in a basin of water until thoroughly soaked. Once growth starts in earnest, these plants will need regular watering, though at a slightly different schedule than they had previously, when their roots filled their pots.

Any gardening questions? Email them to me at garden@leereich.com and I’ll try answering them directly or in this column.

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30-year US mortgage rate slips to 3.76%

By Kathy Orton

The Washington Post

Mortgage rates have been in a tug of war lately. Inflation was pulling them higher, but now Russia’s attack on Ukraine is dragging them back down.

According to data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate average fell for the second week in a row, slipping to 3.76% with an average 0.8 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 3.89% the previous week and 3.02% a year ago.

Freddie Mac, the federally chartered mortgage investor, aggregates rates from some 80 lenders across the country to come up with weekly national averages.

The survey is based on home purchase mortgages.

Rates for refinances may be different. It uses rates for high-quality borrowers with strong credit scores who make large down payments.

Because of the criteria, these rates are not available to every borrower.

The 15-year fixed-rate average dropped to 3.01% with an average 0.8 point.

It was 3.14% the previous week and 2.34% a year ago.

The five-year adjustable rate average slid to 2.91% with an average 0.3 point. It was 2.98% the previous week and 2.73% a year ago.

“Mortgage rates fell this week as investors sought safety by buying mortgage bonds,” said Holden Lewis, a home and mortgage specialist at NerdWallet. “This decline in rates is temporary because the Federal Reserve will start its rate-raising campaign in earnest in the middle of the month.”

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E. Steven Damon and Sheryl A. Damon to Logan Kruse Leduc, 5557 N Westfield St., $284,500.

Joel Howe and Samantha R Howe to Pedro Alicea, 1166 North St. Extension, $325,000.

Mary Edmunds and Dean Edmunds, conservator, to Robert A. Lisciotti and Barry W. Suprenant, 507 Franklin St. Extension, $215,000.

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Kenneth Line to Michael Edward Guenette and Shannon Larissa Guenette, 2 Rimrock Road, $379,000.

Jennifer J. Wozniak and Tamara Lee Wozniak to Grace E. Szydziak, 10-12 Rivest Court, $325,000.

Fumi Realty Inc., to Jose Perozo and Wilmarie Reyes, 5 Cosgrove St., $265,000.

Lawrence F. Army, Keith M. Lemay, and Laurie A. Lemay, to Elena Soboleva, 783 McKinstry Ave., $210,000.

MTJ Realty LLC, to Lachenauer LLC, 168 Denslow Road, $3,045,000.

Michael E. Burgess and Mary L. Burgess to Stephen Raymond Perreault and Vickie Lynn Lovering, 111 Daniel Shays Highway, $426,500.

BERNARDSTON Chet A. Dube and Laura B. Maycock to Alan L. Maycock and Susan M. Maycock, West Mountain Road, $60,000.

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Nilda O. Bonet, Nancy Medina and Israel Medina to Michael Craig Barrett and Veronica Webb Barrett, 418 Meadow St., Unit C-8, $135,000.

Wilma C. Lyons to Hilltown Realty LLC, 23 South St., $101,500.

TLC Construction Inc., to Edwan Alzuhairi and Namariq Alzuhairi, 28 Oxford St., $405,000.

Dean Schmidt and Bridget Schmidt to Randy A. Woodis, 174 US 20, $169,900.

ZF SPV LLC, to Bruce R. Corbiere, Christine A. Corbiere and Raymond Corbiere, 93 Joanne Circle, $395,000.

Kathleen A. Engwer to Hope Mauran, Eileen D. Duane and Veronica Marr, 104 Middlefield Road, $275,000.

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W.D. Cowls Inc., to Kangaroo Kourt LLC, 29 Cottage St., $100.

Jeryl Ann McGuire to KS Real Estate Group LLC, 52 Stagecoach Road, $235,000.

BELCHERTOWN Andrew I. Rainaud, Lisa B. Rainaud and Lisa A. Bishop to Jessica Pacheco and Ryan Lorance, 25 Shea Ave., $290,000.

1900 Capital Trust III, U.S. Bank Trust NA, trustee, Newrez LLC, attorney-in-fact, New Penn Financial LLC, attorney-in-fact, and Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, attorney-in-fact, to Andrea Guerron and Luis Samba, 216 Stebbins St.,

Margaret A. Belanger to Katarina S. Bernash, 102 Woodbridge Road, $180,000.

Megan E. Harris to Beau B. Bensch, 210 Johnson Road, Unit 10, $278,000.

Ahmed Aljashaam to Maurice Turner, 106 Bell St., $330,000.

Blue Sky Investment Group LLC, to Susana E. Chirino, 6-8 Charles St., $300,000.

Carole C. Bielizna, Barbara A. Bielizna and Christian B. Bielizna to Laura J. Aiello, 28 Pheasant Way, $210,000.

Casey A. Destromp, Casey A. Randall and Lyndon R. Destromp to Steven Berlin, 20 Partridge Lane, $189,500.

Edmund G. Woods Jr., to Century Properties LLC, 1839 Memorial Drive, $100,000.

Olinda I. Trejo to Angelo Fabozzi, 18 Poplar St., $230,000.

Robert F. Sheehan, Robert F. Sheehan III, and Elizabeth O’Neill-Sheehan to Tyler J. Wheelock and Brittany A. Wheelock, 30 Vreeland Ave., $380,000.

EASTHAMPTON James M. Welch to Shawn Toohey and Rachel Toohey, 13 Elliott St., $346,500.

Phillip Bissonnette and Patricia Bissonnette to Maria L. Cartagena, 104 Johnson Road, Unit 1204, $215,000.

Pizzatronics Worldwide LLC, to Lilulo LLC, 93-95 Main St., $875,000.

Rudolph P. Lysick and Sandra L. Lysick to Brady Williams, 49-51 Harrison Ave., $322,000.

Stephen R. Krol to Beverly A. Cote and Daniel T. Cote, 13-15 Gardner Road, $50,500.

Gleason Johndrow Rentals LLC, to Anthony S. Tuck and Michele I. Kunitz, 3 Fugere Court, $450,000.

Stephen J. Demerski to Malia Homebuyers LLC, 85 Holyoke St., $150,000.

Richard Banasieski, trustee, and Nancy J. Hamelin Revocable Trust to Curtis Lee Simpson and Dara Forleo, 283 Loudville Road, $400,000.

COLRAIN Shanna E. Smith, “fka” Shanna E. Gray to Lucas Gray and Madeline Sakowicz, 4 Prolovich Road, $146,000.

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Small Ones Farm LLC, to Plum Brook Farm LLC, 416 Bay Road, $1,125,000.

Lawrence F. Army, Keith M Lemay, and Laurie A. Lemay, to Jonjay Elliott, 773 McKinstry Ave., $310,000.

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CUMMINGTON Timothy F. Bean and Nancy G. Bean to Timothy F. Bean and Nancy G. Bean, 17 Mount Road, $100.

DEERFIELD Ricki Carroll to 1xo LLC, 54B Whately Road, Unit 2, Brookside Condominium, $185,000.

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Gary M. Cloutier to Mint Realty Group LLC, 28 Adams St., $330,000.

AEM Property Investments LLC, to Gino J. Lopriore and Debra A. Lopriore, 696 Parker St., $364,000.

George Cobb Jr., and Tyler Cobb to Cynthia L. Forte, 80 Partidge Lane,

Fredia L. Degray and Victor F. Degray to Joseph Melfi, 330 Porter

Herbert A. Everett Jr., to Richton & Wynne LLC, 122 Amherst St., $128,000.

Paul J. Mazzariello, Carole-Anne I. Mazzariello, Carole I. Mazzariello, Carole I. Peltier, Paul J. Mazzariello, trustee, Carole-Anne I. Mazzariello, trustee, Carole I. Mazzariello, trustee, Carole I. Peltier, trustee, and Angel Boy Family trust to Paul J. Mazzariello, trustee, Carole-Anne I. Mazzariello, trustee, Carole I. Mazzariello, trustee, and Angel Boy Family Trust, 34 Ferry Hill Road, $100.

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Deeds CONTINUES FROM PAGE F7 Darling, Brenda M. Galloway and Brenda M. Berge-Galloway to Lisa H. Berge and William E. Berge, 14 Karen Drive, $350,000.

Eric Jacobsen to Luis Eugenio, 40 Greenmeadow Lane, $180,000.

GREENFIELD Andrew A. Cuomo and Rachel W. Cuomo to Rachel W. Cuomo, 115 Hope St., $108,000.

Marilyn D. White to Julia White Kimball and Richard Putnam White, 8 James St., $334,553.

HADLEY Tomlan Realty LLC, to One Northampton Street Enterprises Inc., 231 Russell St., $730,000.

HAMPDEN Russell T. Cable II, and Liza B. Cable to Travis M. Phillips, South Road, $309,900.

HATFIELD Ruth E. Kellogg and Caroline D. Kellogg, attorney-in-fact, to Caroline D. Kellogg and Gretchen M. Adamski, 58 West Linseed Road and Linseed Road Off, $100.

HOLYOKE Adam J. Mulcahy and Christina L. Gusek to Anna Rosa Evans, Mountain Road, $170,000.

Alfaville LLC, to William T. Drohan, 15B Maple Crest Circle, Unit B, $102,900.

Betty Kaplowitz to Marcos Antonio Colon Marrero and Felicita Colon, 183 Sargeant St., $113,500.

St., $1,500,000.

Milton J. Wodecki and Donna M. Wodecki to David Wodecki and Theresa Wodecki, 9 Quirk Ave., $210,000.

Revampit LLC, to Daniel J. McColgan and Lauren P. Braastad, 461 Mountain Road, $292,000.

Robert R. Kraus and Joanne M. Kraus to Mary W. Nelson, 163 Pleasant St., $380,000.

Shawn R. McNulty and Ashleigh McNulty to Sherry Bowden, 66 Elmwood Ave., $265,000.

U S Bank, trustee, and Mortgage Equity Conversion Asset Trust 2011-1, trustee of, to Napolitano Investments LLC, 5 Shawmut Ave., $86,000.

Zafar Iqbal to PCity LLC, 172 Sargeant St., $150,000.

LONGMEADOW Robert K. Costa Jr., and Melissa A. Costa to Gerald Lazarus and Jacob I. Lazarus, 299 Concord Road, $830,000.

LUDLOW Aimee N. Roberts to Steven J. Mastalerz, 517 Ideal Lane, Unit 203, $370,000.

Bryan J. Forbes to Gina M. Forbes, 260 Prospect St., $180,000.

Inci Kavraz and Turan Gul to Cengiz Ibas, , $306,500.

Indila Realty Trust, trustee of, and Dominic Kirchner II, trustee, to Kaitlynn Monette, 26 Hampden St., $260,000.

Donna Mathes to Natalie Martinez, 40 Beacon Ave., $170,000.

Down Home Properties LLC, to Myles Darby, 352 Maple St., $75,000.

Lisa A. Dargie to Richard M. Tereso and Clara Tereso, 353 Fuller St., Unit 31, $340,000.

Graciela Rodriguez to Aiden Cornelius Moriarty, 147 Beech St, $203,000.

Louise M. Sedelow to Sherri A. Plasse, 78 McKinley Ave., $280,500.

Harold F. Skelton Jr., and Debra A. Skelton to 536 Worthington Street LLC, 249 Hampden St., $120,000.

Nadine A. Strahs to Luis D. Chaves and Edite Chaves, 72 Chapin Green Drive, Unit 72, $250,000.

James A. Ryan to Lauren Cook, Lauren E. Cook and Daphne B. Board, 85 Beech St., $189,900.

Sally A. Gwaiazdowski, Sally A. Casagrande, Stanley J. Mastalerz, Shirley A. Connors, Steven J. Mastalerz, Susan F. Lesniak, Susan F. Loizzo, Sandra J. Colby, Sheila J. Whelan and Sharon J. Bourdeau to Unyierie W. Idem, 52 Bluegrass Lane, $240,000.

Blythewood Property Management LLC, Lake Rentals LLC, and Lake Renals LLC, to Michael Dee and Elizabeth Dee, 146-148 Pearl

Rodney G. Savery Jr., trustee, Teresa A. Mayer, trustee, John E. Savery, trustee, and Savery Family 2021 Trust to Christopher J. Gauthier and Casey K. Flax, 100 Town Hill Road, $382,000.

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Sandra Dias to Christopher Dyson, Ally Bank to Piper Lowe Real-estate Group LLC, 178 Palmer Road, 259 Sargeant St., $170,000. $117,000.

Shannon West-Buxton, represenJames R. Young Jr., and Oksana tative, Maureen Morrissey, estate, and Maureen G. Morrissey, estate, Young to Cynthia Harris, 340 Main St., $240,000. to Brian D. Buckley, 436 Rock Valley Road, $300,000.

Jose L. Pederneira to Adrian Aponte-Cruz, 178-180 Prospect St., $290,000.

Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC, to Western Mass Realty LLC, 51 North Summer St., $51,500.

MIDDLEFIELD

Sherri A. Plasse to Xiomara Cora, 33 Morse St., Unit 4, $174,500.

MONTAGUE Karen L. Chastney and James H. Welcome to Kelsey A. Naughton and Tyler C. Reynolds, 134 Montague City Road, $240,000 Kevin K. Pelissier Jr., to Neige T. Christenson and Steven P. Christenson, 34 Randall Wood Drive, $353,000.

Larry Rollin Williams and Pamela Ruth Williams to William H. Butcher and Ashley Hodson, Old Sunderland Road, $60,000.

NORTHAMPTON Viability Inc., to Reliance Holdings Corp., 5 Franklin St., $760,000.

Cam Tu P. Avelar and Celso T. Avelar to Deborah T. McWilliams, Robert D. McWilliams and Julia McWilliams, 8 Hockanum Road, $340,000.

Suzanne M. Douville and Marie A. Klekot to Nu Way Homes Inc., Federal Street, $125,000.

Acme Realco Inc., to Store Master Funding XXV LLC, 220 King St., $2,282,400.

Holly N. Young and Joseph Bialek to Holly N. Young, 20 Marc Circle, $100.

Holly N. Young and Joseph Bialek to Holly N. Young, 22 Claire Ave., $100.

Jason N. Mark, Christine H. Mark and Christine E. Henriques to David Scott Coburn, Cynthia A. Salwen and Malka Alanna Coburn, 89 Market St., $465,000.

Richard M. Evans, trustee, Michael Hooker, trustee, and Jesse L. Lang Living Trust to Ian A. Wilson, 67 Riverbank Road, $530,000.

Marsha Leavitt to Shalyn N. Kempema and Jacob V. Martin, 113 Bliss St., $466,000.

ORANGE Christal Cutler to Jacob Oliver and Jessica Oliver, 15 Johnson Road, $269,900.

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Courtney J. Graves and Nicholas Tuttle to Lynn M. Holt, 202 Daniel Shays Highway, $250,000.

PALMER Bruce R. Corbiere and Chritine A. Corbiere to Benjamin Schenkman, 52 Flynt St., $235,000.

Jillian M. Stupak to Andrey Novenko, Longview St., $35,000.

20 Grandview St., $480,000.

Laelia LLC, to Jose N. Barrios, 23 Feeding Hills Road, $260,000.

Russell E. Orne to Colin Bryce Murphy, 79 Powder Mill Road, $221,000.

SPRINGFIELD Angel L. Munoz to Marcial Rosado Jr., 15 Ruthven St., $267,000.

Annie B. Watson, representative, and Walter N. Brown, estate, to PELHAM Sheila A. Harris, Norman E. Harris Sr., and Norman E. Harris, 352 Guy G. Pettit to Guy G. Pettit, trust- Stapleton Road, $300,000. ee, and Guy G. Pettit 2022 Trust, Artie Berns to Diane Kolman, 1003 54 Meetinghouse Road, $100.

Allen St., $190,000.

PLAINFIELD Deborah J. Tacy to Jeffrey M. Gnatek, 57 Summit St., $79,000.

RUSSELL James E. Unger and Robin L. Unger to Aleksandr P. Baraban and Inna Baraban, 55 Woodland Way, $550,000.

SHELBURNE Joseph E. Miner and Pamela J. Miner to Kiaan Realty LLC, 1155 Mohawk Trail, $300,000.

SOUTH HADLEY Debra A. Blondek, personal representative, and Joseph Harrison Gaunt Jr., estate, to Min Realty LLC, 645 Newton St., $178,000.

Anthony J. Grey and Elizabeth C. Grey to Joseph Rosenbaum and Sydney Holewa, 55 Judd Ave., $300,000.

Nicolas Os, Alyssa M. Kim and Alyssa M. Os to Nicolas Os and Amber Georges, 102 Mountainview St., $100.

Stephen C. Frantz to Stephen C. Frantz, trustee, and Stephen C. Frantz Revocable Living Trust, 300 North Main St., $100.

Doris M. Longpre to Steven R. Longpre, trustee, Douglas D. Longpre, trustee, and Declaration of The Longpre Irrevocable Trust, 80 Judd Ave., $100.

Rebekah M. Wilder and Sarah J. Wilder to Rebekah M. Wilder, 156 Lyman St., $100.

SOUTHWICK Angelena M. Viner, representative, and Richard W. Maheux, estate, to John P. Colucci, 14 Babb Road, $220,000.

Hamelin Framing Inc., to Nicholas Byrnes, 7 Silvergrass Lane, $495,000.

Joan Everitt Boissonnault to Arthur F. Owen and Katherine Schreiner,

Barbara A. McElligott to Ericka Gonzalez Carrillo, 101 Mulberry St., Unit 114, $80,000.

Bukowski Construction LLC, to Delson F. Nunez, 34 Juliet St., $400,000.

Charles E. Gordon to Victor C. Alonso, 141-143 Leyfred Terrace, $200,000.

Crossover Corp. Inc., to Timothy Jackson, 867 Roosevelt Ave., $285,000.

CTL Realty LLC, to Janisette Silveira, 83-85 Parker St., $385,000.

Eagle Home Buyers LLC to Betty Nakitto, 29 Acton St., $275,500.

Edyta Halastra to Matthew J. Halastra, 318 Main St., $250,000.

Elizabeth Ann Gray, Janel Guntle and Pamela McNelly to Joshua R. Gray, 814 Alden St., $15,000.

Gail Little, representative, Oscar Sullivan Jr., estate, and Rosella Sullivan to Aguasvivas Realty LLC, 81 Garvey Drive, $200,000.

Grahams Construction Inc., to Thomas J. Daniels Sr., 157 Clearbrook Drive, $505,000.

Heather L. Teed and Cassi L. Stewart to Heather L. Teed, 56 Bridle Path Road, $33,000.

Hedge Hog Industries Corp., to Amat Victoria Curam LLC, 1451 Bay St., $550,000.

HSB Investments LLC, to H & P Investments LLC, 170 Waldorf St., $100,000.

HSBC Bank USA, trustee, and Series 2006-AR1 Deutsche Alt-A Securities Inc., trustee of, to Ericka Gonzalez Carrillo, 101 Mulberry St., Unit 220, $45,500.

James M. Moriarty to Jada Miller, trustee, and Wait Street Realty Trust, trustee of, 96-98 Wait St., $125,000.

Jerry Torres and Elizabeth Torres to Lawrence Bystran and Nereida Bystran, 15 Rencelau St., $299,900.

Jesslyn Dejesus, Cindya Caballero and Jessyln Dejesus to Everett Vaughn Jr., 217 Mazarin St., $260,000.

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How do you know if you need a Antiques window cleaning professional?

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By Paul F. P. Pogue

ters for Disease Control, ladder falls cause 500,000 injuries With spring rolling in, you’re per year, so it’s important to probably thinking about clean- take precautions. ing your windows. After all, This is why many homenewly gleaming glass makes a owners choose to hire a pro to great impression from the road, handle second-story window but a grime-covered window cleaning. You’ll pay between blocks your view of the lovely $150 and $300 for the average outdoors and spoils the look of window cleaning job, and it’s your home. worth it for the pro’s expertise The basics of window clean- and safety knowledge. If your ing aren’t complicated, and if windows have any unusual you have a one-story home, quirks, they can clean them you can do this work yourself properly without damaging without much trouble. You can them. For example, leaded clean the average window with and stained glass bring their a squeegee, a bucket of soap own sets of challenges. Since and water, and a little elbow window cleaners are expegrease. rienced pros who work with However, window cleaning windows a lot, they can spot above the first floor can be risky potential problems that might if you have a multistory house. need repair.

You’re standing on a ladder, When you’re making your working with a bucket of soapy initial contact with cleaning water, and it’s often tempting pros, you’ll want a lot of inforto stretch to reach just a little mation on hand to get an accufarther. According to the Cenrate estimate. They’ll need to

know the number of windows, window sizes, window types and any problems that might make a window harder to access.

If you decide to clean your second-story windows yourself, make sure you follow all the proper safety procedures for using a ladder. Use a ladder that’s rated for the height you’re cleaning, have a buddy steady the ladder on the ground for you, and don’t take unnecessary risks by stretching too far.

By the way, here’s one more hint: If you don’t want to deal with exterior window cleaning, you can also install replacement windows that tilt inward and make it super-easy to clean from the inside! You can easily clean windows on any floor level like this. Many double-hung windows, which cost between $150 and $650 each, feature this helpful addition.

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Anh Tran, 151-153 Trafton Road, $244,900.

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CONTINUES FROM PAGE F8 Joan P. Kool to Cherry Tree Realty LLC, 248 Shawmut St., $160,000.

Joann E. Glogowski to Gregory Skoczylas and Barbara Skoczylas, 491 Nassau Drive, $174,000.

Jose Teixeira and Susan Teixeira to Tracy Godbout, 17 Rapalus St., $225,000.

Juan C. Flores to Yadira Romero Algarin, 24 Schley St., $211,500.

Kelvyn Batia and Cristina Alvarado to Urbain Coly, 64-66 Glenwood St., $276,000.

Kenneth Lamoureux to Jason Donaldson, trustee, and Etabav Realty Trust, trustee of, 42 Brewster St., $175,000.

Lisa M. Merriweather to Daniel M. Reyes, 32 Monrovia St., $225,000.

Siam Williams Investment Group LLC, to BRVS LLC, 270-272 Centre St., $351,000.

Marth-E LLC, to Yahweh Commercial Contracting Inc., Boston Road, $45,000.

Martin J. Stevens to Luz Vargas Natal, 48 Scott St., $225,000.

Marwah Almidani to Emmanuel

Moran, 76 Lorenzo St., $149,000.

Michael R. Stamouli and Liana Stamouli to Rebecca A. Langlands, 40 Albee St., $261,000.

Misty D. Phillips to Floyd Alexander Roberts and Lynn Mary Roberts, 22 Lancaster St., $247,000.

Peter E. Kratimenos to Waleska I. Burgos Vega, 20-22 St. James Circle, $285,000.

Phillip Vivenzio and Karen J. Vivenzio to Lirymar Rivera and Eddie W. Pacheco Jr., 1423 Worcester St., $243,000.

Plata O. Plomo Inc to Hommy Colon, 39 Bellevue Ave., $329,000.

Ramon Joe Alvarez and Ruth Alvarez to Dylan Thomas Barkoski, 206 Mazarin St., $220,000.

Robert T. Gray to Joshua R. Gray, 814 Alden St., $15,000.

Rodman Capital Group LLC, to Kiesha Cooley, 28 West Alvord St., $350,000.

Santana Real Estate Inc., to Oluwakemi Crayton, 55 Perkins St., $333,000.

Shamichae D. Weidman and Charles A. Weidman IV, to Romario O. Jackson, 59 Wayne St., $256,000.

Thao Pham to Vananh Nguyen and

Waleska I. Burgos Vega to Fernando L. Figueroa, 65 Clydesdale Lane, $295,000.

TOLLAND Keith J. Murphy and Tammy Murphy to DL Homes LLC, 219 Owls Nest Road, $190,000.

Kelsey Robare to Joshua Bain and Michael Purdy, 25 Fiddlehead Lane, $175,000.

WARE Brian W. Coulombe and Laura Coulombe to Jarad Michael Chase, 11-13 Storrs St., $190,000.

Gina M. Papineau to Michael Spera and Timothy Marquis, 54 Warebrook Drive, $85,000.

WEST SPRINGFIELD HB7 Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust to Ulugbek Gusenov, 44 Day St., $145,000.

Larkspur LLC, to Tamara Wozniak and Jennifer Wozniak, 42 Houston Road, $285,000.

Tara N. Adhikari and Dhan Chidi to

store-bought toys, but he had a windup tin car that goes into a garage and a tin airplane. The airplane has a grooved wheel that would make it roll down a string tied between two objects. The plane is missing part of its tail piece. There is no maker’s name on either toy. I don’t want to sell them, but I’d like to know if they are valuable.

from beer cans discarded by American soldiers. Others were made in factories from sheet metal. Old tin toys are collectible if they are in good condition. Windup toys and other toys that move bring the highest prices. Some sell for over $100, and a few sell for over $1,000.

TIP: Marble will eventually react to rain and deteriorate. Keep marble ornaments out of the rain and frost.

Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel answer readers’ questions sent the United States, Germany, to the column. Send a letter France and England beginwith one question describning in the early 1800s. The ing the size, material (glass, “Golden Age” of tin toys was pottery) and what you know from about 1865 to 1914. about the item. Include only The first lithographed tin two pictures, the object and toy cars were made about a closeup of any marks or 1900, a few years after damage. Names, addresses automobiles became more or email addresses will not be common than horse-drawn published. Questions that are carriages. Cars that replianswered will appear in Kovels cated real model cars were Publications. Write to Kovels, made by 1930. Tin toys were The Republican, King Features made in Japan after the Syndicate, 628 Virginia Dr., end of World War II. Many Orlando, FL 32803 or email were made from scrap tin collectorsgallery@kovels.com.

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Carmen Santos, 91 Hampden St., $275,000.

WESTFIELD Ashley A. Schultz Emiliano, Terry J. Bennett, Brian S. Schultz and Jacquelyn M. Schultz to Stanley J. Osowski and Darlene A. Osowski, 10 Llewellyn Drive, $295,000.

Christine J. Bennett, representative, and Stanley M. Snow, estate, to Anthony Deven and Natalya Deven, 504 Holyoke Road, $350,000.

Christopher M. Dolan and Jennifer Dolan to Gregory Valentine and Heather Valentine, 237 Fowler Road, $539,000.

Road, $397,000.

Plata O. Plomo Inc., to Kimberly A. Davidson, 315 Southampton Road, $273,000.

Ronald D. Mack to Vitaliy Y. Bardakov, 35 Skyline Drive, $460,000.

Stanley J. Osowski and Darlene A. Osowski to Zachary B. Demers, 25 Heritage Lane, $350,000.

Timothy R. Tierney to Christopher Michael Robare, 5 Leonard Ave., $219,000.

Zachery Demers, Zachary Demers and Aimee Demers to Benjamin Gordon and Nancy J. Truehart, 104 Woodside Terrace, $285,000.

David J. Silvia and Sandra Silvia to WESTHAMPTON Timothy M. Hayes and Emily Wilde, Janet G. Haas to Janet G. Haas, 10 Noble Ave., $225,000. trustee, Kathryn L. Colby, trustee, Malia Home Buyers LLC, to Joshua and Janet G. Haas 2009 Revocable J. Taylor and Amber F. Taylor, 30 Trust, 25A Main Road, $100.

Old Farm Road, $305,000.

Malia Homebuyers LLC to Jodi Ellen Cabral and Cheryl Wright, 929 Shaker Rd Unit 8, $325,000.

Martha M. Korostynski, to Marilyn Oleksak, 33 Grenier Drive, $281,000.

Neil Petrucelli and Wendy J. Petrucelli to Fredrick H. Knight and Katherine M. Parsons, 180 Root

WILBRAHAM Edward M. Malzenski and Cynthia M. Tocci to Michael C. Malzenski, 11 Sunnyside Terrace, $140,000.

Marc G. Gaudreau and Wendy L. Story to Ryan St. Germain and Kristen St. Germain, 20 Bungalow Point, $700,000.

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inches deep that the garden is planted into. That depth discourages weeds from finding a foothold, while minimizing runoff, directing available water to where roots can use it.

Caring for an established gravel garden requires even less attention week to week than taking care of a lawn, which “might as well be a parking lot, as far as the garden’s creatures go,” Epping said.

He turned the grassy stretch in front of his home into a water-wise gravel garden in 2018. And now the time he once spent mowing is devoted to watching bees, butterflies or a goldfinch nibbling at a Coreopsis seed head.

A chain of inspiration On visits to English gardens over the years, Epping had seen gravel gardening brought to life, particularly in the transformed parking area that welcomes visitors to the nursery and gardens made by Beth Chatto, in the county of Essex.

The cottage at Dungeness that belonged to the artist Derek Jarman is another well-known example.

For a time, Epping filed all of that away. It wasn’t until he saw a smaller-scale version

by Roy Diblik, at Northwind Perennial Farm in Burlington, Wis., that he felt called to action. And Diblik — inspired by the same images, as well as a visit to the German designer Cassian Schmidt’s garden, Hermannshof — helped Epping make Olbrich’s first gravel garden.

Several states away, Andrew Bunting, the vice president of public gardens and landscapes for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, had the same frames of reference, including Epping’s work. He had enjoyed years of regular visits to the gravel garden at Chanticleer Garden in Wayne, Pennsylvania, not far from his Swarthmore home.

For him, the trigger that turned those inspirations into action was the pandemic.

Bunting found himself at home in 2020 in what became

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his “COVID office,” looking out at his “meadow-ish front garden” day after day, he said, from his seat at the dining table. “I remember thinking, ‘This is tired; it needs redoing.’”

Another factor in his decision was the presence of two tenacious weeds, lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) and star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum). Could they be subdued for good by the gravel method?

Making a bed, with gravel A good gravel garden site is level or a gentle slope, and has decent drainage. Although the classic images are of sunny spots, that is not a requirement.

At Epping’s home, for instance, in shade cast by a big oak, white wood aster (Eurybia divaricata) and the big-leaved aster (E. macrophylla), both natives, grow in the gravel.

The blue-stemmed goldenrod (Solidago caesia) is happy, too, as are sedges (Carex) and even nonnative shade standards like Epimedium and Hosta.

All the preparatory steps are about keeping any soil below the gravel, to avoid creating invitations for weed seeds to take hold. The engineering is a little like building a raised bed — although you don’t have to actually raise it, but you do have to excavate the top soil layer to make room for that 4- or 5-inch gravel base.

As in a raised bed, what is required is a perimeter barrier — in this case, about 6 inches high — to contain the gravel at a consistent depth throughout. Otherwise, pebbles near the edges would naturally spread out, and the thinner layer of gravel would invite weeds to self-sow.

Any solid edging material — curb stones, bricks, concrete pavers or even found stones — can be employed. (Wood would also work, but it will eventually rot.) An adjacent house foundation, sidewalk or stone wall could form part of the enclosure.

Before Bunting began his garden makeover, he had an excavating contractor scrape away the top layer of soil — so the new garden would be

In fall, the mounds of bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii) in Andrew Bunting’s gravel garden take center stage, as their foliage turns golden. (ANDREW BUNTING VIA THE NEW YORK TIMES)

level with an existing walkway — and then bring in the gravel. The medium of choice: washed hard stone like granite or quartz, not limestone or sandstone. Epping recommends three-sixteenths to quarter-inch size; Bunting used half-inch.

Whether you excavate or not, to make your site gravel-ready you must remove most of the existing vegetation. A tree or shrub can remain as long as the soil is teased away from its crown and upper root area, which will be topped with stone.

At planting time, pint- or quart-size plants are ideal, Epping said, because their root systems are about as deep as the gravel. Each one is held over a bucket to catch the soil that comes off the top of the unpotted plant or that is shed when the roots are carefully teased apart.

“Planting plants with soil still on the root ball will, down the road, add to weed pressure,” Bunting said.

“The cleaner we can keep the gravel at all times, the better we will be,” Epping concurred. To that end, he added, planting is accomplished “with gloved fingers, not trowels.”

Although established gravel gardens rarely need supplemental water except during drought, watering every couple of days is essential in the first weeks after planting, before the loosened roots make their way down through the stone into the soil.

These are gardens that don’t require mulching or fertilizing either, and their edges are already defined, so they needn’t be cut each spring the way you would with a conventional bed adjacent to lawn.

flowering perennials with grasses like prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) and little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), along with a few nonnative bulbs. One such star: Allium angulosum Summer Beauty, which offers a dramatic lavender display in its midsummer moment and is a pollinator favorite.

By the time things grow in, Epping’s gardens read as nearly solid plant.

Bunting’s style is looser. Once his more recently installed garden fills out, some gravel will intentionally remain visible. The view from the dining room is already shaping up, as lush mounds of bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii), catmint (Nepeta x faassenii Walker’s Low) and Baptisia Ivory Towers consort with purple moor grass (Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea Skyracer) and more.

A minimum of maintenance The don’t-need-to-do list for gravel gardens is not just about reduced weeding and watering duties. These are gardens that don’t require mulching or fertilizing either, and their edges are already defined, so they needn’t be cut each spring the way you would with a conventional bed adjacent to lawn.

Plants that work The essential routine: a Multiple seasons of visual late-winter or early spring interest and an adaptability cleanup. All the herbaceous to dry conditions are two plants are cut back, and the dequalities Epping seeks in plant bris carefully removed, lest that choices. organic matter break down to Bunting also wanted to try form a weed-inviting medium. some marginally hardy ones: A leaf-blower is helpful, Western prickly pear cactus for that big cleanup moment hybrids (Opuntia) or South and whenever fading bits of African species like ice plant plants find their way onto the (Delosperma) and Aloe polygravel surface — under trees, phylla, which he called “a real for example, where blooms or long shot.” foliage have fallen.

His hope? That they may Do you dare to allow some prove extra winter-proof if plants to have their own way? their “feet” stay dry in the Bunting intends to experiment gravel base, rather than in icy, with some self-sowns. And Epmucky puddles. ping is dabbling, adding sandy Native plants of the Ameripockets here and there to allow can prairie fit Epping’s require- volunteers — “fooling around a ments. He is especially fond of little,” as he put it, “with some pale purple coneflower (Echi- small experiments.” nacea pallida), prairie baby’s Gravel makes for a different breath (Euphorbia corollata), kind of garden, one that invites foxglove beardtongue (Pensuch creativity, but involves a stemon digitalis) and prairie learning curve, even for expecoreopsis (Coreposis palmata). rienced horticulturists.

He plants densely, maybe This article originally apa foot apart, combining the peared in The New York Times.

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MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP

± 5,469 S/F 2-STORY

• SPRINGFIELD •

SECURED PARTY SALE

• ALIGNMENT & TIRE MACHINES •

• SUPPORT EQUIPMENT • (130) TIRES •

JACKSON’S AUTO SALES & SERVICE, INC. 1307 PARK STREET PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS

TO BE SOLD ON THE PREMISES AND BY LIVE INTERNET BIDDING

✩ LIVE ONSITE & LIVE ONLINE BIDDING ✩ AVAILABLE AT WWW.BIDSPOTTER.COM

SEND for DESCRIPTIVE BROCHURE or VISIT our WEBSITE at WWW.POSNIK.COM SALE PER ORDER OF SECURED PARTY ATTORNEY GARY M. WEINER OF THE FIRM OF WEINER LAW FIRM, PC 1441 MAIN STREET, SPRINGFIELD, MA ATTORNEY FOR SECURED PARTY TERMS OF SALE: 25% DEPOSIT CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS. 15% BUYER’S PREMIUM APPLIES ON ALL ONSITE PURCHASES 18% BUYER’S PREMIUM APPLIES ON ALL ONLINE PURCHASES OTHER TERMS TO BE ANNOUNCED AT TIME OF SALE INSPECTION: MORNING OF SALE – 8:30 A.M. TO 11:00 A.M

Aaron Posnik

MIXED-USE BUILDING

939-941 East Columbus Avenue SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Features:

• 2-Story Mixed-Use Building • (2) Parcels/ Total ± 4,000 S/F of Land • • ±5,469 S/F of Gross Building Area • Full Basement w/ (2) Offices & Storage • • Separate Gas FWA Boilers (Each Unit) • Separately Metered • Central Air Conditioning • • Flat Roof • Brick, Stucco & Vinyl Exterior • Paved Parking for ± 10 Vehicles • • Map ID: 043030550 • Zoned: B2 • 1st Floor: • Large Open Area • (4) Offices • (2) Restrooms • Carpeted Floors • • Drop Ceiling • Fluorescent Lighting • 2nd Floor: • Total of (5) Rooms w/ (1) Bedroom & (1) Bath • • Carpeted & Tile Floors • Separate Rear Entrance •

MA Auc. Lic #161 • PA Auc. Lic. #AY000241L

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NORTH CHELMSFORD (978) 251-1150 www.baystateauction.com MAAU#: 1029, 2624, 2959, 3039, 2573, 116, 2484, 3246, 2919, 3092, 3107

You never know ow what you'll find d inside.

www.posnik.com • E-Mail:info@posnik.com

Victorian, Early & Modern Furniture, Jewelry, Art, Wine, Art Pottery, Glass & China, and more.

Historically significant 18k Gold Pocketwatch owned by Assoc. U.S. Justice Ben. Curtis (Dredd Scott Case) 1987 PIERCE FIRE TRUCK

Auctioneer makes no representation as to the accuracy of the information contained herein.

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Aaron Posnik

Friday, March 11, at 6 p.m.

TERMS: Cashier’s or certified check in the sum of $5,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at the time and place of the sale in order to qualify as a bidder. NO CASH. No personal checks will be accepted. Cashier/certified checks should be made out to whomever is going to bid at the auction. The balance to be paid within thirty (30) days at the law offices of Korde & Associates, P.C. 900 Chelmsford Street, Suite 3102, Lowell, MA 01851, Attorney for the Mortgagee.

MILTON, MA 02186 (617) 696-1181 MA LIC #105

Terms of Sale: $20,000.00 Deposit Cash or Certified Funds.

5% Buyer’s Premium Applies.

Other Terms to be Announced at Time of Sale.

Attorney for Mortgagee Inspection: Day of Sale 12:00 P.M. (Noon) to 2:00 P.M.

AUCTION

sgl fam, 3,525 sf liv area, 3.24 ac lot, 11 rm, 5 bdrm, 2 bth, fpl, Hampden: Bk 16761, Pg 4

TRAVERSE REAL ESTATE INC.

Sale Per Order of Mortgagee Attorney William E. Martin Of the firm of Martin & Oliveira, LLP 75 South Church St., Ste 550, Pittsfield, MA

West Springfield, MA • Philadelphia, PA 413-733-5238 • 610-853-6655

11:00 AM-LUDLOW 563 West Street

Terms of Sale: : A deposit of $10,000.00 in certified funds(funds must be 90 days or less) at time of sale. Balance due withing 30 days of sale.

Other terms at time of sale,

by Atty for the Morgagee Harry Castleman.

Atty: Michienzie & Sawin (617) 227-5660 SALE HELD BY

To be Sold on the Premises

West Springfield, MA • Philadelphia, PA 413-733-5238 • 610-853-6655

Monday, March 7, 2022

THURSDAY MARCH 17 2022 @ 1:00PM 7-9 STOCKBRIDGE STREET

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MA Auc. Lic #161 • PA Auc. Lic. #AY000241L www.posnik.com • E-Mail:info@posnik.com

SPRINGFIELD

FRIDAY, MARCH 11TH AT 2:00 P.M.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10TH AT 11:00 A.M (ET)

• (12) AUTO & TRUCK LIFTS •

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE At Public Auction

Animals Birds Cats Dogs Exotic Animals Feed Fish Horses Livestock Pet Services Pet Shows Pet Supplies Pets - Lost & Found Pets Wanted

Cats Kitten 2 months old, $180.

413-244-7901 Puppy chihuahua mix $450.

Call 413-244-7901

Dogs Beagle Pups for sale. Parents on premises. Males & females avail. Asking. $700. Call 978-355-4685

GERMAN SHEPHERD pups, 7M & 3F. Black/Tan, black & red, AKC paperwork, shots, wormed, written Hip & Health guarantee. Parents on premises. Raised in country setting. $1400. Call 978-249-3724 German Shepherd pups, champion Czeck & Belgian bloodlines, avail now. with 1st shots 4M, 3F, $1000/BO (413) 218-2321 German Shepherd Puppies, mom/dad both AKC Reg. Purebred, 2 females, 2 males $750/each. Will be ready for new homes in April. Call 413-339-5391 Golden Retrievers Puppies, 1st shots & dewormed. $850. 2 females & 1 Male Call 802-895-2784 Teddy Bear Pups 8 weeks old, $600./ea.

Call/msg 413-523-6002

Exotic Animals Chinchilla mixed gray, 6 months old. $400/best offer.

Call or text 413-523-6002

Merchandise Antiques/Collectibles Appliances Articles for Rent Articles For Sale Audio Building Materials Cameras Camping Equipment Clothing Coins and Stamps Construction Equipment Do-In-Yourself Materials Electronics/Compuiters Fitness Equipment Flea Markets Forklifts and Equipment Fuel Furniture, Etc. Good Things To Eat Hot Ticket Items Jewelry Lawn & Garden Lawnmower & Snowblower Machinery & Tools Med. Equipment Sales/Wanted Miscellaneous Musical Instruments Office Equipment Pools, Spas & Accessories Professional Equipment Restaurant Equipment Seasonal Snowmobiles Sports Television Tickets Video Vintage Clothing Wanted to Buy Wood-Burning Stoves

Articles for Sale

BASEBALL, Football Basketball & Hockey cards, 1950’s-present, 50 to 90% off, selling boxes for $.50 BUYING ALL SPORTS CARDS, RETIRED KOREAN WAR VET 413-596-5783 Bluish-Gray recliner, remote control, good cond. $175./BO. 413-733-1613 ask for Dennis Cross Country Skis, adult & children, poles, shoes included. 70’s type. $75.00 for all. 413-592-5098 Light Ceramic kitchen set w/4 chairs, exc. cond., $100. Call 413-331-4762 or 413-331-3633 U.S. #1 Stamp (U) $300./OBO Call Ron 413-896-3324 $$$ Cash For Stamps $$$

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WEDNESDAY MARCH 9, 2022 1:00 PM - BECKET, MA 71 PINE DALE CIRCLE DEPOSIT $5,000

THURSDAY MARCH 10, 2022 12:00 PM - MONTAGUE, MA 132 MEADOW ROAD DEPOSIT $5,000

THURSDAY MARCH 17, 2022 2:00 PM - LEEDS, MA 107 WATER STREET DEPOSIT $5,000 TERMS OF SALES: DEPOSITS IN THE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED ABOVE ARE TO BE PAID BY THE PURCHASER(S) AT THE TIME AND PLACE OF EACH SALE BY CERTIFIED OR BANK CHECK. ALL BALANCES DUE ARE TO BE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL SALE. OTHER TERMS, IF ANY, TO BE ANNOUNCED AT EACH SALE. CALL OUR AUCTION SCHEDULE LINE AT (617) 964-1282 FOR A LIST OF THE CURRENT DAY’S AUCTIONS AND VISIT OUR WEBSITE www.commonwealth auction.com FOR CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED SCHEDULING INFORMATION AND ADDITIONAL SCHEDULING INFORMATION COMMONWEALTH AUCTION ASSOCIATES, INC. (617) 964-0005 MA LIC 2235

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