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BEST HOUSEPLANT: Bromeliads will flower at low light with minimal watering, F4

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Don’t blow it Leave the leaves this fall and join the ‘in’ crowd. It’s a movement that’s picking up speed. Page F2

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Leaving the leaves?

New movement is picking up steam in gardening world ... but should you do it?

By JESSICA DAMIANO

Associated Press

Unless you’ve been living under a pile of leaves, you’ve no doubt heard about the “Leave the Leaves” movement that’s been gaining in popularity in recent years.

The idea is to avoid sending bagged-up fallen leaves to landfills. Instead, we’re asked to leave them be, allowing them to naturally decompose over the winter into nutrient-rich organic matter that also shelters hibernating pollinators and other beneficial insects.

Done thoughtfully, leaving the leaves is one of the best ways to turn yard waste into free fertilizer, and that’s good for your plants, the environment — and your wallet. But it’s important to consider the types of leaves you’re dealing with and where they’re landing.

Whole leaves should not be allowed to remain on walkways, where they’ll create a slipping hazard, or on the lawn, where they are likely to cause disease.

Although turf grasses can handle a light scattering of leaves, a thick layer would threaten their health. In areas that experience snow cover, moisture would become trapped between lawn and leaves, encouraging mold, mildew and fungal infections.

In areas without snow, whole leaves would likely smother the lawn, and block moisture and sunlight from reaching the soil.

The solution many have arrived at is to shred the leaves using a mulching mower and allow the fragments to fall between grass blades, where they break down into a rich soil conditioner. I’ve recommended this myself before realizing that doing so risks shredding up hibernating insects and their larvae. We’ll need those caterpillars (eventual moths and butterflies) and other pollinators come spring, and so will newly hatched birds,

which survive solely on insects during their first weeks of life.

So, what to do?

These days, I rake (or blow) leaves off the lawn and into garden beds and spread them to achieve a layer no more than 2 inches deep. To speed decomposition, sometimes I add an inch or so of homemade or well-sourced compost over the leaves. There’s no need to till; just let it sit.

The leaves usually break down considerably by spring and almost entirely by summer. But if they appear matted (again, conditions vary), remove them before spring growth resumes.

Leaves also can be used to make leaf mold, a type of compost made entirely from leaves. Just pile them up in a corner of the yard, sprinkle with nitrogen fertilizer, and water the mound periodically to keep it from drying out. It may take a year or two, but the leaves will break down into a nutritious soil amendment that can be used as mulch or added to planting holes and containers.

Some leaves contain compounds that inhibit the growth of other plants. Black walnut is perhaps the most notorious of offenders, as a toxic chemical in its leaves called

A backyard patio littered with fallen oak leaves in Glen Head, N.Y. (JESSICA DAMIANO VIA AP)

juglone adversely affects and sometimes even kills susceptible plants like Asiatic lilies, baptisia, columbines, peonies, hydrangeas, lilacs, petunias, apples, asparagus, cabbage, eggplant, peppers, tomatoes and potatoes.

Avoid mulching beds with especially thick or broad leaves, like those of oaks,

because their slow decomposition rates could threaten to block sunlight and water from the soil and, by extension, plant roots. They can, however, be used in leaf mold piles if shredded, which isn’t ideal but is better than setting them out with the trash, which wouldn’t help insects, either.

Fallen leaves are nature’s mulch, meant to protect (and build) soil, insulate plant roots and shelter wildlife, as they do on the forest floor. Why waste that precious resource?

Jessica Damiano writes the award-winning Weekly Dirt Newsletter and regular gardening columns for the Associated Press.

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What’s the easiest houseplant?

Many experts will give the same answer: bromeliads

By Margaret Roach

New York Times

And the answer is: Bromeliads.

The question?

“Which houseplants can adapt to low light and don’t require frequent watering, but will flower anyway?”

It’s a question that tropical plant experts like Angel A. Lara hear regularly, particularly from those who have put other houseplants in jeopardy by subjecting them to this kind of no-frills regimen.

Unlike many houseplants, bromeliads tend to have “an easy disposition,” said Lara, the vice president for botanical horticulture at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida. That’s because many of the ones marketed as houseplants are epiphytes.

Lara speaks from extensive hands-on experience. Epiphytes from four plant families — bromeliads, orchids, Gesneriads and ferns — are the central focus of study at Selby, a renowned research facility and popular visitor attraction that is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

Most epiphytes, or air plants, don’t sink their roots into soil to absorb moisture and nutrients, Lara explained.

Instead, they use their roots to attach themselves to other plants, especially trees and shrubs, or sometimes rocks.

Epiphytic bromeliads derive sustenance not from the ground but from the atmosphere, and from other living organisms. Their specialized design — whether it’s a central, vase-like tank formed by a rosette of leaves; complex cellular structures on the foliage called trichomes; or both — allows them to gather and conserve water. They also use their tanks to collect organic matter like insects or bits of leaves.

All of this amounts to “survival tactics,” Lara said.

A wall of colorful Neoregelia bromeliads, part of a show at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Fla. (COURTESY OF MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS)

“They’re doing what desert plants do,” he added, likening it to the impressive water- and nutrient-storage capabilities of plants like cactuses. “But bromeliads are doing it in the tropics.”

They’re stemless, usually with a rosette structure.

And they’re native, almost exclusively, to the New World tropics and subtropics. (Only one species hails from West Africa.) But for the last 500 years, since the discovery of Bromeliad basics the pineapple — a terrestriWith roughly 3,500 species — al species, not an epiphytic and probably 100,000 hybrids one — bromeliads have been — bromeliads offer a staggering moved around the globe. number of choices if you’re With the notable exception looking for a houseplant. of Spanish moss (Tillandsia Lara recommends Tropiusneoides), a Zone 8-hardy flora Nursery or Bird Rock epiphytic bromeliad (and an Tropicals as mail-order odd one out in appearance, sources. You may find yourself too), these are generally Zone easily seduced by a hot-pink 10 plants. That makes them earth star (Cryptanthus) or perennial garden candidates the showy pattern of venation only in places like portions of on the foliage of some big, Florida, California and Texas. standout Vriesea.

Everywhere else, they are Most bromeliads have a happy outdoors only in the couple of things in common: summer — and Lara recom-

mends bringing them outside if possible, so they can stock up on resources before the leaner times of indoor houseplant season hit.

Beginner bromeliads If you are new to bromeliads, maybe don’t start by going too big or too prickly at first, Lara suggested.

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Such practical considerations figure into matching plant to place. For example, large bromeliads with rosettes of leaves deep enough to form water-holding tanks — like the spectacular Vriesea gigantea, or V. hieroglyphica with its banded leaf markings — may not be ideal for a busy family room, even if the other conditions are suitable.

“I have kids, and I have dogs,” he said, wincing at the vision of the ample tank’s contents upended onto the carpet.

Another consideration: Many bromeliads have spines on the edges of their leaves or are serrated, “and they do sort of scratch you up,” he said. “Bromeliads are notorious for being not the friendliest of sorts.”

Lara’s top-five list starts with gentler ones, like the pink quill bromeliad (Tillandsia cyanea, now classified as Wallisia but often sold by its former name).

With green, grassy leaves that form a small tank, or water reservoir, it makes a good choice for growing bare root, in a slatted hanging basket, or mounted with zip ties onto a piece of wood. The fragrant flower scape — which resembles a big, flattened pink pine cone — lasts for as long as six months.

Next, he recommends the earth stars, or Cryptanthus.

Among the most colorful and forgiving of all, they are easily grown in pots. Their wavy leaf margins are serrated, but not bitingly so. Unlike his other recommendations, earth stars are semi-terrestrial, often living on rocks and sand in the wild.

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Lee Reich | In the Garden

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No need for prayers; these plants hold up in the dark

O YOU’VE FOLlowed recommendations for growing houseplants. The plants spent the summer outdoors, bathing in fresh air and water. Then you brought them indoors well before temperatures turned crisp, so the plants would have time to acclimate to their new environment. And you’ve lovingly fed and watered them when needed.

Yet now you realize just how dark your home is for your photosynthetic charges!

Trees shield what few windows exist. How can you make the plants comfortable in the coming months?

Start with some soul-searching and assess your commitment to your houseplants. Are you willing to move to a new home, cut down trees blocking sunlight, or add a few extra windows in your existing home?

No? There are less heroic measures. How about artificial plants? No? Then how about artificial lighting? This means more than merely sliding your houseplants underneath a reading lamp.

The amount of light energy just a few feet from a reading light is almost inconsequential.

Easiest would be for you to just go to a store or online and purchase a bank of LED lights. Light from an LED

spans a very narrow spectrum; if in red, just a narrow band in red, and similarly for blue or any other color.

So narrow, in fact, that a different recipe for light seems to be needed for optimum growth of different kinds of plants, or different stages of growth. Performance is generally enhanced with the addition of a small amount of light in the green as well as far-red spectrum (the part of the electromagnetic spectrum just beyond the red that we can see, but shorter wavelength than infra-red). Research with plant growth under LEDs is in its infancy.

There are other options as far as lights, such as combinations of fluorescent and incandescent bulbs, even sodium lamps.

Before you rig your house up with plant lights, be warned that, though plants might like the light, you may not. Too many fluorescent lights and you’ll feel as if you are at a department store when you are at home.

Mercury lamps are so intense that, by contrast, even fluorescent lighting appear warm and cozy. And a sodium lamp will bathe a room in an eerie, amber glow.

You could set up a winter vacation spot for your plants in a basement or a closet, where the lights are not

seen. Plants can be allowed brief visits out of their “sunny” environment.

So you like to play around with plants and potting soil, but not with wires, ballasts and light fixtures, and you have an aversion to consuming any more electricity than you do now? You could grow

plants that tolerate very low light levels. A devil’s ivy plant has survived four years in my bathroom, receiving what little sunlight wends its way indoors through a small north window shaded by a pine tree. A list of other plants that similarly survive with little light would

include: dracena, philodendron, spider plant, snake plant, prayer plant, palms, arrowhead plant, cast iron plant, and Chinese evergreen.

Note that the above list includes only “foliage” plants.

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Top off Thanksgiving dinner with a can of Coca-Cola

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HANKSGIVING will be here soon, and while the best organizers among us may already have everything in place, most of us are probably still working through our shopping lists. Let’s see ... turkey, seasonings for stuffing, ingredients for side dishes, pumpkin pie spices — oh, and don’t forget a six-pack of Coke!

Well, that last item might not be on the menu for most Thanksgiving dinners, although this c. 1950 advertising banner, which sold for $150 at Woody Auction, shows it’s not from the company’s lack of trying.

Coca-Cola is a favorite brand among collectors of vintage advertising. Its holiday advertisements are especially beloved; after all, its Christmas ads from the 1930s to 1960s by painter Haddon Sundblom are credited with creating the popular image of Santa Claus.

The company’s script logo has appeared on soda fountain glasses, trays, signs, calendars, napkins and more since it was trademarked in 1893. Even if it doesn’t make it to every holiday table, Coca-Cola has become an icon of everyday American life.

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over a capital “L” in green. This mark was used by Haviland & Co. of Limoges, France, in the 1880s and ’90s. The dish in your pictures is rectangular with its corners folded over, which is a shape Limoges made. We have seen it described as “Folded Napkin” or “1118.” Your pictures show another mark that looks like a conjoined C, M and E with the number 1885 underneath.

This is probably the decorator’s mark. Many porcelain factories, including Haviland & Co., Would you give me an made blank pieces of porcelain estimate of this coffee table that were painted at other with two matching end ta- factories. Some were sold blank bles? The round table may for hobbyists to paint at home. need some restoration.

Yours is marked, so it was probThey are all from Germany. ably painted by a professional.

The “1885” may be the year the The carvings of rustic forest piece was painted or the year scenes, plants and animals on the decorator’s company went your tables look like Black Forinto business.

My sister has a handest style. Black Forest furniture written letter and handhas been made in Germany and TIP: Hands can damage written envelope dated paper collectibles by leaving Dec. 10, 1997, from Harper Switzerland since the 1880s.

It is popular with tourists and fingerprints and traces of oil Lee. Is this worth contacthas cycled in and out of fashion or salt. All will cause stains ing an auction house? throughout the 20th century. eventually. Store paper in proTables like yours, with carved tective plastic holders made of We think so. Harper Lee and painted tops under glass, inert material. was the author of “To Kill a were made in the 1950s and Mockingbird,” which won ’60s. Sometimes the tops were Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction answer readers’ questions sent in 1961 and is still considered removable and could hang on one of the greatest American a wall as art. We have seen sets to the column. Send a letter of tables like yours sell for about with one question describing the novels of the 20th century.

Her signature sells well at auc- $100 to $200. They will sell for size, material (glass, pottery) more if the maker is known. and what you know about the tions. Several examples have item. Include only two pictures, sold for high prices this year.

My cousin has a set of the object and a closeup of any An autographed bookplate marks or damage. Be sure your sold for $130. A typed excerpt hand-painted dishes she’s name and return address are from “To Kill a Mockingbird” trying to identify that was handed down through her fa- included. By sending a question, with Lee’s signature sold for ther’s family. I have attached you give full permission for use $530, and a first edition of pictures of one of the pieces. in any Kovel product. Names, the novel accompanied by a addresses or email addresses handwritten letter from the The picture you included will not be published. Questions author sold for an impressive shows a mark with “H & Co” that are answered will appear $14,400. Look for auction

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houses that specialize in autographs, books or Americana. Get references before you sell anything. If you prefer to sell locally, you can look for antiquarian book dealers as well as antiques dealers. Some coin and stamp dealers also buy and sell autographs. The dealer usually sets the price.

If you decide to send the letter and envelope to an out-oftown dealer or auction house, send it with tracking. You may want to get it insured as well.

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Marble, clambroth, alternating blue and teal stripes, white ground, bubbles, handmade, 5/8 inches, $50.

Paper doll, boy, five outfits, football uniform, tennis uniform, coat, farm clothes, cut, $60.

Auto, sign, Agip Motor Oils, thermometer, six-legged dog on yellow ground, red and black lettering, embossed, metal, midcentury, 19 inches, $150.

Basket, Penobscot, birch bark, cylindrical, scalloped rim, signed, Butch Phillips, 10 inches, $155.

Perfume bottle, Schiaparelli, Shocking, dress form shape, satin tape measure over shoulders, red “S” logo in center, ball shape stopper, factice, 15 1/2 inches, $325.

Silver plate, turkey server, dome lid, warmer base, pierced finial and handles, embossed flowers, wreaths and scrolls, four-footed, 14 1/2 x 26 x 17 inches, $720.

Furniture, bookcase, Chippendale, mahogany, two parts, pierced scrolled crest, turned finial, carved molding, slant front over four graduated drawers, shaped bracket feet, 96 x 44 x 23 1/2 inches, $940.

Clothing, wig, white, braided back, curled front, label, on stand, Anthony Boch, Phila., 1800s, stand 29 1/2 inches, $1,195.

Pottery-Asian, vase, dark brown glaze, flowering branches, shoulders, narrow neck, flared lip, earthenware, character mark, Japan, 21 inches, $2,175.

Sampler, alphabet, verse, unfinished indoor scene, figures, border, silk on linen, Hannah Cox, In The 11 Year of Her Age, Marblehead, 1797, frame, 26 x 23 inches, $2,375.

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Calvin J. McFadden Sr., and Jamina M. Scippio-McFadden to Diana Shveyko, 1661 Suffield St., $900,000.

Carolyn M. Lemieux to Jacob Tryba, 25 Brookline Ave., $280,000.

By ALEX VEIGA

Associated Press

The average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan fell for the second week in a row, positive news for prospective homebuyers after rates touched a 22-year high just last month.

The latest decline brought the average rate on a 30-year mortgage down to 7.5% from 7.76% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 7.08%.

As mortgage rates rise, they can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, limiting how much they can afford in a market already out of reach for many Americans. They also discourage homeowners who locked in far lower rates two years ago, when they were around 3%, from selling.

The combination of rising mortgage rates and home prices have weighed on sales of previously occupied U.S. homes, which fell in September for the fourth month in a row, grinding to their slowest pace in more than a decade.

This average rate on a 30year mortgage is now at the lowest level it’s been since the first week of October, when it was 7.49%.

Borrowing costs on 15year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loan, also declined, with the average rate falling to 6.81% from 7.03% last week. A year ago, it averaged 6.38%, Freddie Mac said.

The average rate on a 30-year home loan climbed above 6% in September 2022 and has remained above that threshold since, reaching 7.79% two weeks ago. That was the highest average on record going back to late 2000.

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Douglas Dichard to Matthew John Casartello, 25 Monroe St., $325,000.

Faisal Mukhtar and Sabahat Jabeen to Tyler M. Lafleur and Emily R. Koehler, 121 Reed St., $335,000.

Lindsey A. Alessi to Lynsey Newsome and Shawn Newsome, 72 Plantation Drive, $215,000.

Pine Crossing Construction Inc., to John B. Murray Jr., 98 Villa Drive, Unit 33, $539,900.

Lora Os to Jay S. Levine and Karen P. Eichhorn, 65 Magnolia Lane, $605,000.

Ronald F. Zobka and Marguerite M. Zobka to Robin Dralle and Michelle Zobka Snow, 667 Franklin St., $100.

Michael J. O’Brien and Vicki L. O’Brien to David J. Knapp and Michelle D. Knapp, 134 Aldrich St., $350,000.

Alexander Tuohy and Alicia A. Tuohy to Mustafa Kahraman, 22 Clearbrook Drive, $365,000.

Corrado R. Poli and Antoinette D. Poli to C. Eva Thomson and David Artzerounian, 21 McIntosh Drive, $626,000.

Roger M. Hewett and Susan M. Hewett to Kendrick Place Partners LLC, 32 Kendrick Place, $715,000.

LCR 422 Amity LLC, to UDRIVE Amity LLC, 422 Amity St., $2,000,000.

David W. Wills and Carolyn R. Wills to Matthew W. Limoges and Corinna F. Serviente, 47 Stagecoach Road, $400,000.

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LLC, 238 East Main St., $1,729,500. Patricia J. Fitzgerald and Monica Ann Egan to Waycon Inc., Lukasik Barbara D. Paulo to Kaylee HopSt., Lot D, $75,000. kins and Dimetre Glenn McCray, 44 Richmond Way, $305,000.

Prime Partners LLC, to Alyssa Hungate and Veronica Hungate, 27 Fairmont St., $250,000.

Sareen Properties LLC, to Ricardo Maradiaga Alvarado and Gloria Estefani Pena Maradiaga, 129 Catherine St., $345,000.

Bruce A. Arnold Sr., trustee, and 92-94 West Street Realty Trust, trustee of, to Alfred Calixte and Sheena Calixte, 92-94 West St., $466,000.

BLANDFORD Federal National Mortgage Association and Fannie Mae to Rosilda De Negreiro, 134 North Blandford Road, $64,500.IMFIELD

Vira Dipon to Rovshen Nurmyrat, 500 Grattan St., $304,000.

Eleven Eleven Real Estate Associates LLC, to Jose Cruz, 1520 Pendleton Ave., Unit 6222A, $220,000.

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Claire R. Carriveau to Bernash Realty LLC, and KMak LLC, 50 Lorimer St., $225,000.

Edward Cianci and James F. Kay to Amber M. Fillion, 72 Paradise St., $280,000.

William H. Smith and Sharon Smith Jeannette M. Marceau to Yassine to Yvette M. Shrum and Clyde L. Zian, 370 Grove St., $205,000.

Shrum, 46 Apple Road, $396,000.

Jessica A. Nicholls to Luke J. Cabana, 333 Chicopee St., $330,000.

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Family Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, to Nexus Apartments LLC, 196 Almark Realty LLC, to Membos LLC, Clarendon Ave., $185,000.

451 Memorial Drive, $1,000,000.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., trustee, and FFMLT Trust 2006Annemarie Harty, representative, FF13, trustee of, to Mason Capital Joseph Harty, representative, and Ventures LLC, 373 375 Hampden Richard S. Harty, estate, to CouSt., $256,000. rageous Lion LLC, and Altostratus

Bay Flow LLC, to Johnathan Lavoie, 125 Marten St., $285,000.

Chevelle M. English-Bedard to Joseph N. Ciandella, 19 Lyman Russell G. Finnie and Susan M. Finnie Barnes Road, $493,000. to Andrew S. Finnie, Edward G. FinMary T. Kozikowski to Christina nie, Russell G. Finnie, life estate, and Susan M. Finnie, life estate, 4B Castle M. Beesley, 1063 Dunhamtown Brimfield Road, $366,000.

Hill Road, $100.

William S. Keyes and Joanne C. Keyes to Marsha Lee, 18 Mulberry St., $300,000.

and Liz Martinez, 48 Edgewood Ave., $275,000.

Joan Thomasini to David Leon and Maria Forero, 25 Oxford Place, $330,000.

Steven L. Howland and Nancy M. Parland to NLA Holdings LLC, 2527 Elm St., $155,000.

Rachel Sachs Riverwood to Jeanne M. Mangan and Robert N. Quigley, 50 Prospect St., $270,000.

Polly French to Love Thy Neighbor LLC, 122 State St., $165,000.

CHESTER Jie Yan Luo and Zhi Wen Chen to C & G Homes LLC, 664 Rte 20, $57,500.

Thomas Balukonis to Adrianne E. Johnson and Sean S. Johnson, Lyon Hill Road, Par A, $4,000.

Martina Kacurova and Jakub Muller CHICOPEE to Lea Banks and John Goodrich, Alisha Lillie Lugo to Pedro Rivera 168 Main St., $349,000.

Judith A. Wrenn, trustee of the Kownacki Investment Trust, to Lauren K. Hnath and Noah R. Marchand, 72 North Hillside Road, $375,000.

Sharon M. Melnik to Pioneer Gardens Inc., Childs Cross Road, $72,500.

Corey J. Ramsay to Shelly Rifken, 39 Graves St., $295,500.

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Joanne M. LaPlante to Mohammad Albaghdadi, 111 Garland St., $255,000.

David J. Finkelstein and Janice B. Finkelstein to Bennett J. Middel, 107 Fernwood Drive, $300,000.

Laurie Lynn Mason to Yevgeniy Predein, 57 Colonial Circle, Unit D, $162,000.

Elaine J. Chaisson to John Zanetti and Joanne Zanetti, 31 Hillside Drive, $387,000.

Lee Maisonet to Brenna Fogarty and Thomas Sears IV, 122 Ludlow St., $249,900.

Lachenauer LLC, to Nhac Truong, 208 Shaker Road, $315,000.

Marilyn Page, Joshua T. Vieu, Jessica Vieu and Joshua T. View to Richard James Boyle Jr., 49 Elm St., $233,000.

Mark A. Germain to Cordell A. Daniels, Cordell Daniels and Helen S. Daniels, 35 Arlington St., $349,900.

Michael S. Bozek, trustee, Michel S. Bozek, trustee, and Bozek

Natalie Rice, trustee, Marlaine Moore, trustee, and Hassin Realty, trustee of, to Avens LLC, 194 Mapleshade Ave., $190,000.

Steven L. Wenk to Alan J. Wenk, 27 Day Ave., $73,701.

Teodoro Torres III, and Elisha Torres to Emily Pack and John Trifone, 393 Pease Road, $490,000.

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More Deeds CONTINUES FROM PAGE F7 Thomas J. Flanagan and Tina M. Flanagan to Gary Williams and Kimberle Eileen Williams, 97 Avery St., $475,000.

EASTHAMPTON Karen L. Palmer, trustee, and Karen L. Palmer Revocable Trust to Conor P. Carey, 43 Bryan Ave., $290,000.

GOSHEN Ryan P. Fitzgerald to Elizabeth Kisiel Takacs, 30 West Shore Drive, $250,000.

C. Tucker, personal representative, Stanley Symanski, estate, and Jill C. Tucker to Jeffrey C. Zgrodnik, Elm Street, $5,000.

Jonathan W. Bardwell to Spencer C. Bardwell, trustee, and Jonathan W. Bardwell & Karen S. Bardwell Irrevocable Trust, 49 Main St., Indian Hollow, South Street, Rock Road, Great Pond Road and Great Neponsett, $100.

Thomas E. Zgrodnik and Susan M. Zgrodnik to Gregory G. Zgrodnik and Jeffrey C. Zgrodnik, South Street and Valley Street, $28,000.

HOLLAND Robert J. Kamay and Dawn Kamay to Steven McCarthy and Martha Rickson, 2 North Leisure Drive, $525,000.

GRANVILLE Lisa A. Freeman to Clarke C. Boynton, 15 Old Westfield Road, $212,800.

Rosamond J. Campbell, trustee, and Rosamond J. Campbell Trust, trustee of, to Elizabeth M. Kuzdzal, 218 Silver St., $450,000.

HOLYOKE Anoush Kayzakian to Alfred Estabrook, 23 Bayberry Drive, $300,000.

Barbara J. Champagne and Ashley McKenney to NRES LLC, 85 Hitchcock St., $175,000.

Ryan Hall, Linsey Hall and Julia Hall Chelten Avenue Associates LLC, to to Patrick Comeau, 557 North Lane, 275 High Street Holyoke LLC, 275 $370,000.

High St., $190,000.

GREENFIELD Fannie Mae, “aka” Federal National Mortgage Association, to First Generation Investment Group LLC, 186 Conway St., $100,000.

Regina O. Campbell, “fka” Regina H. O’Brien, and William C. Campbell to EDS Enterprises LLC, 15 Park St., $75,000.

Lunney Brighid to Mark Lewis and Cheryl Friss Lewis, 105 Dartmouth St., $408,000.

LEYDEN Laurel A. Glocheski and Theodore Rosenberg to Elizabeth A. Kidder and Thomas J. Luck, trustees of the Thomas J. Luck Funding Trust, George Lamb Road, $15,000.

Lindsey M. Ennis and Ian M. Turner to William J. Carey Jr., and Elena Carey Osipova, 48 Harrison Ave., $260,000.

Kaeleen K. Butler, “aka” Kaeleen Butler, and William R. Butler, “aka” William R. Butler III, to Carole J. Rose, trustee of the Carole J. Rose DSV SPV1 LLC, to Julienne Guillau- Revocable Trust Agreement, 148 me and Marc Guillaume, 5-7 Hayes East Hill Road, $825,000.

Ave., $85,000.

Ion Virlizanu Sr., and Maria Virlizanu to David Talcott Cramer, 104 Davis St., $265,000.

HADLEY William E. Dwyer Jr., and Linda J. Sanderson to Christina E. Antolini and Sam W. Harnett, 390 River Drive, $460,000.

LONGMEADOW Ahsan Waqas and Nowrin Khanam to Aurea Luz Tirado Wenzel, 28 South Park Ave., $550,000.

Elizabeth M. Morgan and Micah R. Besson to James Kenneth Woodell and Arthur Raymond Smith, 15 Belleclaire Ave., $415,000.

LUDLOW HAMPDEN Frederick W. Orr and Lisa J. Orr to Jennifer Aubin Colglazier, 8 Bayberry Road, $405,000.

Paul R. Willoughby and Nancy L. Willoughby to Brian C. Drake and Celeste R. Drake, 280 Chapin Road, $450,000.

HATFIELD 119 Real Estate LLC, Jill Tucker, Jill

Chocorua Realty Investments LLC, to David J. Gabanelli, 1388 Lyon St., $550,000.

Dennis Discawicz and Monique M. Discawicz to Marilyn Page and Joshua T. Vieu, 54 West Orchard St., $265,000.

Gregory Orlik, Denise Orlik and Curtis Orlik to Nidaa Al-Zubaidy, 39 Ray St., $266,000.

Joseph R. Conway, trustee, and Mack Na Servicing Trust, trustee

of, to Tiago Boacas Martins and Jeffrey C. Dias, 208 East St., $165,000.

Marie T. Jablonski, representative, Brett Niles Smith, estate, and Brett Smith, estate, to Tamara Thomlinson and Andrew K. Thomlinson, 122 Pondview Drive, $45,246.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, trustee, and HB3 Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust, trustee of, to Sareen Properties LLC, 391 West Ave., $139,650.

MIDDLEFIELD TCI Holdings LLC, to Andrew S. Doherty and Sarah H. Brady, 113 Chipman Road, $340,000.

MONROE Andrea Zahn to Mark Slater and Rebecca Slater, North Road, $70,000.

MONSON Clifford Farquhar, Wayne Farquhar and Teresa Carrigan to H & L/Tassinari Builders Inc., Paradise Lake Road, Lot 1, $265,000.

Kristopher Longtin and Bettina Longtin to Dominic Anthony Pannozzo III, and Natalie A. Klassanos, 14 Circle Drive, $415,000.

Ross W. Overlock and Michele B. Overlock to Teresa Frykenberg, 20 Paradise Lake Road, $539,900.

SRV Properties LLC, to Lee A. Maisonet, 13 Old Stafford Road, $305,000.

Steven F. McCarthy and Martha M. Rickson to Paul E. Sullivan and Dawn R. Sullivan, 18 Palmer Road, Unit 24, $380,000.

Teresa L. Unwin to Andrew M. Burkhard and Carissa M. Burkhard, 9 Valley View Heights, $274,000.

MONTAGUE Stephen Banas and Jill M. Innes to Austin M. Fortin and Deanna E. Rich, 48 Millers Falls Roa,. $307,000.

Anthony D. Diaz to Paxton Paul Reed, 24 Vladish Ave., $127,000.

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM Jeanette L. Doyle, personal representative, and Georgina L. Moroney, estate, to Candace Kao, 423 Florence Road, $376,000.

Cynthia Koegler and Ryan Ersland to Kathryn Ann Hardy and Kanatip Pun Winichakul, 120 Woodland Drive, $635,000.

William J. Hunt Jr., to William J. Hunt Jr., trustee, and 470 Coles Meadow Road Realty Trust, 470 Coles Meadow Road, $100.

Reliance Holdings Corp., to Independent Housing Solutions Inc., 5 Franklin St., $760,000.

Teddi Olszewski to Eadwoftd LLC, 264 Elm St., $225,000.

NORTHFIELD Northern Enterpises LLC, to LCS Realty LLC, 91 Main St., $1,025,000.

ORANGE Tawny R. Evanson to Yan Wu and Yunxiang Zhong, 73-75 Pleasant St., $161,000 Zachary M. Lizee to Kiernan Ryan Wilson, 137 Eagleville Road, $58,350.

Kiernan Ryan Wilson to Michael Gelinas, 137 Eagleville Road, $150,000.

PALMER Brent F. Massey and Kathryn E. Massey to Adin Hamzabegovic, 1054 Baptist Hill Road, $360,000.

Casa Bonita Apartments LLC, to Victor Alfred Kyazze, 42-44 Stewart St., $242,000.

Dominic Kirchner II, trustee, and Jehoram Realty Trust, trustee of, to Carl Trant Jr., 0 Center Street, $220,000.

Eldora Parda, Mary A. Wansick, Mary Wansick, Mary Parda, Deborah M. Southworth, Deborah Southworth and Gregory Southworth to Dean Browne and Sheila Browne, State Street, $15,000.

J. Belanger Associates, trustee of, and Richard P. Bonnayer, trustee, to J & M Premier Properties LLC, Belanger Avenue, Lot 5, $415,000.

Margaret S. Glassman to William R. Crosby, 79 Second St., $126,000. Maria L. Whalen to Brandon A. Blaine, 141 Boston Road, $235,000.

MONTGOMERY

46 New State Road Land Trust, trustee of, and Hearts & Home Realty LLC, trustee, to James Teddy Kelly and Kimberly A. Rossi, 46 New State Road, $270,000.

NORTHAMPTON David Artzerounian and C. Eva Thomson to Neil S. Glickman and Steven J. Riel, 115 Fairway Village, $450,000.

Randall J. Cable Sr., to Andrew J. Nitka and Rachel H. Wells-Nitka, 9 Cabot St., $283,000.

SHELBURNE Kate Downes, trustee of the Kate Downes Investment Trust, and Kenneth R. Downes, trustee of the Kenneth R. Downes Investment Trust, to Rebecca Malakoff and John Petrovato, 11 Main St., $665,000.

SHUTESBURY Paul S. Lipman and Dulcie Lynn Trowbridge Lipman, trustees of the Paul S. Lipman Trust, and Mark A. Lipman and Helen S. Cohen, trustees of the Lipman and Cohen Joint Living Trust, to Maria A. Gannett and Nathaniel Winston, 27 Weatherwood Road, $420,000.

SUNDERLAND Damien T. McNally and Kimberly A. Sobieski to Mary Moore Cathcart, 621 Amherst Road, $500,000.

SOUTH HADLEY Herman Paul Mak to Colin Doyle, 100 Abbey St., $315,000.

Christine J. O’Hare to Addison Theodore Beaux, 8 Burnett Ave., $499,000.

David A. Stuntz to Frances Stokes Berry, trustee, William Dale Berry, trustee, and Berry Family Trust, 30 Boynton Ave., $281,000.

Victoria A. Vermette to Thy M. Nguyen-Draper, 41 West Summit St., $211,000.

Thomas P. McGarry and Florence N. McGarry to Paul A. Bourke and Joyce A. Joseph, 59 Shadow Brook Estates, $458,500.

Steven M. Flynn, personal representative, and John C. Flynn, estate, to Sharon J. Niedbala and James M. Niedbala, 15 Strong Farm Lane, $460,000.

SOUTHWICK Deborah J. Sulewski to Deborah Sulewski, trustee, and Deborah Sulewski Trust, trustee of, 7 George Loomis Road, $100.

Elizabeth M. Kuzdzal and Elizabeth M. Skowron to Evan V. Serella and Stephanie M. Serella, 64 Honey Pot Road, $640,000.

Lana L. Sipitkowski, representative, Alexandria Merlo, estate, and Ernest Daniel Merlo, estate, to Manchester Enterprises LLC, 110 Summer Drive, $47,500.

Patrick V. Johnstone and Heidi L. Johnstone to Choua Yang Lee and James Lee, 266 Hillside Road, $675,000.

SPRINGFIELD Almark Realty LLC, to Membos LLC, 820-826 Boston Road, $400,000.

Anna Jewel Green and Anna Jewel Raper to D & M Realty & Investments LLC, 193 Hancock St., $78,000.

Annemarie Harty, representative, Joseph Harty, representative, and Thomas J. Harty, estate, to Courageous Lion LLC, and Altostratus LLC, 145 Temby St., $103,000.

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For Thanksgiving, think natural, rustic decor

By Kaitlyn Keegan

At each kids’ place setting, put a small pumpkin with a marker. Have It’s time to take down the ghosts, each child write something they’re deflate the lawn decorations and grateful for on the pumpkin and pass store the 10-foot-tall skeleton. You the pumpkin around the table. Each need to get ready for Thanksgiving. child will write their own gratitude Sprucing up the house for the com- again. By the time the pumpkins go ing holiday is more than just paper all the way around the table, each turkeys and pumpkins. Thankschild ends up with their original giving lends itself to warm, earthy pumpkin with good thoughts from colors with the glow of candles and the whole group to take home. warm feelings. Interior designer Use festive paper plates and cups so Sharon McCormick of Sharon Mcthe adults don’t have to worry about Cormick Designs in Glastonbury, breaking dinnerware.

Connecticut, reminds people not to Consider making place tags by writforget about decorating for adults ing on big leaves. Not only is it fun and children. for your kids to go searching for them “What makes Thanksgiving more in the yard, it allows you to separate a enjoyable for the adults?” McCorfew of the mischievous kids. mick said. “A contented group at the Another way to keep kids busy kids’ table.” during the holiday while having fun At the kids’ table, consider using a is to give each child a disposable craft paper tablecloth so the kids can Polaroid camera. Make a competition decorate while they wait for that pie out of it such as the funniest face to come out of the oven. Age approwins a prize. priate activity books and their own Decorating for Thanksgiving isn’t crayons can go a long way. all about the kids though. You need Hartford Courant

More Deeds CONTINUES FROM PAGE F8 Anthony Arillotta to Amber Dawn Peterson, 218 Newton Road, $200,000.

Ashly L. Egan Patry, representative, and Joseph F. Egan, estate, to Juan Lopez, 45 Merrimac Ave., $190,000.

Belmont State LLC, to Springfield Gardens SPK Owner LLC, 41-43 Belmont Ave., $100.

Benjamin R. Darosa to Richard Sewell and Marcella Sewell, 39 Rita St., $305,000.

Carolyn Morera and Harry Colon-Merera to Amanda Stevenson, 477 Wilbraham Road, $270,000.

Charles Bogues to Enmanuel Ventura, 128-130 Kensington Ave., $450,000.

Cordell A. Daniels and Helen Daniels to Luis Castillo Ruiz and Joel Gonzalez, 226 Jasper St., $259,000.

Craig L. Johnson and Doneka V. Johnson to Jessienyia S. Climes-Rivera and Evan Davis, 38 Aster St., $210,000.

V. Johnson and Craig L. Johnson, 11 Timothy Circle, $340,000.

Felix Soto Rodriguez, Brenda Soto and Brenda Vazquez to Santana Real Estate Inc., 17-19 Governor St, $189,000.

Gaetano Cannata Jr., representative, and Josephine M. Cannata, estate, to Irving Andino Rodriguez and William Carballo, 178 Dickinson St., $215,000.

Gail Maher to Green Piranhas LLC, 126 Prentice St., $120,000.

HWPML Properties LLC, to Konstantinos Biliouris and Yang Xu, 38 Rutledge Ave., $410,000.

James Bennett and James J. Bennett Sr., to Ryan Randall Realty LLC, and KMAK LLC, 290 Quincy St., $110,000.

Jennifer A. Colglazier to Zitta N. Serpa and Ivan Serpa, 15 Pinebrook Drive, $400,000.

Jerzy Krajewski to Sanky Properties LLC, 297 Main St., $335,000.

Jorge Galicia to Tracy Ann P. Harvey-Jean, 37 Greaney St., $273,000.

Justo Martinez and Ana Luisa Hosking to Raul Sanchez Severino, 32 Margerie St., $230,000.

David Abodeeb and Tracey A. Facchini to Hedge Hog Industries Corp., 0 Ontario Street, $40,000.

Springfield Gardens SPK Owner LLC, to Nolava LLC, 196 Pearl St., $6,250,000.

Douglas Allen Desaulnier and Therese A. Desaulnier to Doneka

Michael H. Riley to Chad S. Mitchell, 231 Rosewell Ave., $225,000.

some tips for making the house sparkle for the adults too.

“Natural decorations are always a winner at Thanksgiving,” McCormick said. “Fall is the perfect time to scavenge for materials to use in your décor — pampas grass, pinecones, acorns, bittersweet, pussy willows, branches of leaves, dried hydrangeas, and whatever else you can find.”

Try wiring together your favorite materials to make a garland for the fireplace and line it with fairy lights to brighten it up. Add pillows and throws in rich colors such as rust, green, mustard and burgundy around the room.

Antiques are perfect for Thanksgiving, McCormick said, harkening to the history of the holiday. She suggests using old pails, lanterns, dough bowls, vases and apothecary jars to display the items. If the container is accommodating, use pillar candles in the center surrounded by the natural Natural decorations and warm earthy colors make for a festive dinner table items.

Nicholas J. Deangelis and Cynthia M. Deangelis to Amy Toller, 36 Elwood Drive, $380,000.

Nicole R. Byfuglien, representative, Karen Annie Cormier, estate, and Karen A. Cormier, estate, to Matthew R. Butler, 90 Fallston St., $260,000.

Phantom Holdings LLC, to Markys Rosario De Jesus and Mileidy Rosario De Jesus, 126-128 Lowell St., $409,000.

Rehab Home Buyers LLC, to Melissa Terrero De Fana and Felipe Fana, 37 Forest St., $375,000.

Santana Real Estate Inc., to Kayla M. Ortega and Michael Ortega, 80 Brickett St., $286,000.

Springfield City to Gemini Town Homes LLC, Central Street, $50,000.

Tango Investments LLC, to Nell Investments LLC, 130 Union St., $400,000.

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WARE James W. Kenyon to Nexus Apartments LLC, 7 Aspen St., $150,000.

Jeanne E. Vadnais to Angelina M. Roman, 131 Greenwich Road, $240,000.

Johnathan Thornton and Saveria Silva to Alexandra Perez Rojas, 9 Clinton St., $287,000.

Alison J. Pereira to Atlantis & Terra Properties LLC, 83 Highland St., $400,000.

WEST SPRINGFIELD Abdullah M. Jashaami to Jasmin Sanchez and Lucas Palmer, 50 High St., $355,000.

Brian P. St. Amand to James A. Richard and Danielle D. Richard, 94 Smyrna St., $229,000.

Thi Tai to Jose Santiago, 59 Villa Parkway, $245,000.

Natasha Rodriguez to Zafarieh Heidari, Soltan Ali Gholam Sakhi, Adeleh Noor Ali and Eftekhav Heidari, 79 Grove St., $360,000.

Valro Homes LLC, to Clodine Roland and Kency Isaac, 40 Feltham Road, $332,500.

Pauline D. Isabelle to Guy Waterman and Diana Waterman, 97 Garden St., $232,000.

Wells Fargo Bank, trustee, and GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-AA1, trustee of, to Tavernier Investments LLC, 769 Allen St, $221,500.

William Raleigh to Aquino Loayza and Raquel Loayza, 136 Tavistock St., $310,000.

M. Collins and Thomas P. Collins III, 7 Sherman St., $230,000.

GS Westfield LLC, to 123 Meadow LLC, 123 Meadow St., $130,000.

GS Westfield LLC to 131 Meadow LLC, 131 Meadow St., $350,000.

Judith E. Stebbins, representative, Marie G. Sienkiewicz, estate, and Susan Pierce to John D. Bruce and Beth E. Sager, 25 St. Paul St., $265,000.

Justin Dekarz, representative, and Norma Dekarz, estate, to John G. Kyprianos and Apirataporn Kyprianos, 100 Valley View Drive, $235,000.

Matthew A. Cavallo to Wendi Lee Wojick, Ashley Ann Murphy and Judy Ann Mcgrath, 117 Berkshire Drive, $375,000.

Timothy H. Haggerty to Jarred A. Difazio, 6 Blue Sky Drive, $500,000.

WHATELY Steven T. Dwight, personal representative of the Estate of Elizabeth A. Dwight, to Jenny A. Richards and William D. Richards Jr., 184 Haydenville Road, $175,000.

WESTFIELD Dorothy A. Grimm to Dorothy A. Grimm, life estate, Michael Grimm, Christopher Grimm and Elizabeth Casey, 148 Barbara St., $100.

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Ethan J. Eady and Alexandra P. Eady to Nicholas R. Reed and Kayla M. Reed, 3 Western View Drive, Florida Development Corp., to Anna $500,000.

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to share with attendees.

Garden program seeds Nasami Farm in South Whately The Springfield Garden Club grows New England native plants from seed that they harwill host “Growing Natives vest sustainably from healthy, from Seeds,” presented by Nasami Farm nursery manag- well-established wild populations throughout the region. er Alexis Doshas, on Nov. 17 A luncheon also will be proat 11:30 a.m. at the Barney Carriage House at Forest Park. vided, including gluten-free Doshas will share her exten- options, beginning at 11:30 sive experience in starting and a.m. Guest fee is $5 and tickets growing native seeds and why are available at the door or on they are so important to add Eventbrite. For more informato gardens. She will also bring tion, visit the club’s website at

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gcfm.org/springfield gardenclub or on Facebook at facebook.com/Springfield MAGardenClub/ STOCKBRIDGE

Rock mosaics Berkshire Botanical Garden, 5 West Stockbridge Road, will host “Rock Mosaics for the Garden” Nov. 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Led by artist/educator Beth Klingher, students will create

metals like copper and brass as accents for candlesticks, serving platters and salt and pepper shakers, McCormick said.

CONTINUES FROM PAGE F9 If your dinner will be more formal, gourds and pumpkins can be spray paintAlso consider being creative with ed or dipped in gold. To do so, fill a bucket your tablecloth. Plaid, wool blankets are with water and spray the paint into the unexpected and can make a beautiful water. Dunk your object and slowly pull table. Burlap is another option. Use warm it out of the bucket. Some of the original

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Another that he highly recommends is the torch bromeliad (Guzmania lingulata), a spineless species. (It’s at the opposite end of the spectrum from the genus Dyckia, which is gorgeous but fierce.) The red-flowered torch was the first ornamental bromeliad to catch plant collectors’ attention, back in 1776, but breeders have since introduced cultivars and hybrids with scapes of yellow, white, pink, purple and even green, all with small water tanks and suited to growing in pots.

His next suggestion: “Any other Tillandsia.” T. harrisii resembles a silvery pineapple top. Distinctive Tillandsia funckiana looks like what might happen if a giant caterpillar were crossed with a soft-needled conifer. Grow either one mounted or in a hanging basket.

Rounding out his list is the urn plant (Aechmea fasciata), which has been in cultivation almost two centuries, so it must be doing something right. Its big pink inflorescence can last half a year.

Although the original species is spiny, that trait has been almost bred out of some of the hybrids, Lara said.

A couple of his intermediate-level choices: “The most tried and true” of the Vrieseas, he said, the flaming sword (Vriesea splendens, now Lutheria splendens), which is happy in low light.

For brighter spots, try colorful Neoregelias, but be prepared to give them sufficient space to stretch out sideways over time. “Because they are stoloniferous,” he said, “they go all over the place.”

Including onto a Christmas tree. Bromeliads are such a signature at Selby that toward the end of this month, a tree of more than 20 feet high will be fashioned out of 750 or so Neoregelias secured to a metal armature. It has been a holiday tradition there since the 1990s.

an outdoor rock mosaic to brighten their garden. Learn how to cut glass, ceramic and other materials and to adhere them to a large garden rock or cement block using colored thinset cement. Bring your own rocks. $75 members, $100 nonmembers. To register or for more information, visit berkshirebotanical.org.

Send items for Garden Notes to pmastriano@repub.com two weeks prior to publication.

color will show through. A pumpkin can be any color you want or hollowed out and used for a flower arrangement.

Lastly, set the mood with dimmers on your lighting.

“I have all lights put on dimmers when I’m designing a room just for this purpose. It’s an easily forgotten but important detail,” McCormick said.

nia or Aechmea, are best underpotted, or given pots that may appear to be too small.

This can create the look of a mismatch, but it keeps roots healthier.

“The Bromeliaceae should have what we refer to as ‘a little pot and a big head,’ because if you’re doing the opposite, you’re going to rot that plant,” Lara said. Letting plants stand in a saucer of water will do the same.

He recommends using a potting mix labeled for Phalaenopsis orchids, which are also epiphytic. Such blends are typically heavy on the bark and may contain ingredients like sponge rock, coarse perlite and charcoal.

If you have bromeliads grown in pots, water them as you would any other potted plant. If a plant’s leaves form a tank — the way Aechmea, Vriesia, Guzmania and Neoregelia do — add water into it, too.

Care and feeding Cryptanthus, for example, Owing to their epiphytic don’t have such water-holding nature, most bromeliads don’t reservoirs. need soil so much as a solid “I don’t have to fill up this footing — something to grab thing,” Lara said of the earth onto, the way they would stars, because their leaves a tree in the forest canopy. don’t form a tank. “I just have Those that do get potted up, to water the pot, which we’re like the Cryptanthus, Guzma- all used to doing.”

Misting is often recommended as the best way to water bromeliads grown bare root.

But with Tillandsias in particular, Mr. Lara prefers dunking them in a bucket of water for a thorough soak. That may be necessary only every few weeks, or once a month in the low-light winter season.

Relying on misting alone, he said, you risk cultivating “zombie Tillandsias” — silvery ghosts that somehow continue to look good months after their demise. Oops.

Also important: Water Tillandsias in the morning rather than at night. “The plants are actively doing work at night, opening their stomas,” he said. “If you dunk them in a bucket of water, you’re pretty much waterboarding them, and they will drown.”

After dunking a plant, allow it to drain properly, upside down, on a napkin or towel before returning it to its upright growing position.

With the tank types, rinse the central reservoir in the sink or shower to flush out any water that would otherwise become stagnant and could rot the plant. “If you can dump out that water and add new, that’s ideal,” he said.

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takes a lot of energy, so don’t try to grow plants like dwarf citrus trees, Christmas cherries, gloxinias, or flowering maples without bright light.

And, since green chlorophyll is what converts light into plant energy, grow plants with solid green rather than variegated leaves.

Unless you are willing to provide artificial lighting, you’re going to have to part with some beloved plants. But it will be for their own good.

Perhaps you could arrange winter custody in a good (i.e. well-lit) home for your “photophiles.”

Any gardening questions?

Email them to me at garden@ leereich.com and I’ll try answering them directly or in this column. Come visit my garden at www.leereich.com/blog.

With either watering method, once a month, from spring to fall, add balanced liquid fertilizer to the water at half strength.

“In the forest, the plants rely on the bugs living in that massive cup and the leaf matter that’s falling, the natural components that are breaking down,” he said. “For us, it’s fertilizer.”

What probably startles beginning bromeliad growers most, even after providing diligent care, is the inevitable decline of the original or mother plant after it flowers.

Don’t panic: This is part of the bromeliad life cycle.

Pups — new growth known as ramets — should be developing alongside the original plant.

“That dying plant is giving all its resources to the new ones,” Lara said.

Gnarly as it may look for a time, don’t rush to bid the old plant farewell. Wait until the ramet reaches a third of the mother’s size. Then it’s safe to remove the mother, or remove the offset and make a new home for it.

“Or even better,” he said, “give it to a friend.”

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

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• REAL ESTATE • • ±35 ACRES OF LAND •

• ±140,000 S/F MANUFACTURING BUILDING • ACMT SOUTH, LLC 1006 ARTHUR DRIVE LYNN HAVEN (PANAMA CITY), FLORIDA

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 1% BROKERS INCENTIVE OFFERED ON REAL ESTATE!!!

SALE PER ORDER OF ACMT SOUTH TERMS OF SALE REAL ESTATE: (TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE ONSITE ONLY) $100,000.00 DEPOSIT CERTIFIED OR BANK CHECK. 5% BUYERS PREMIUM APPLIES. PERSONAL PROPERTY: (TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE ONSITE & ONLINE) 25% DEPOSIT CASH OR CERTIFIED CHECK. 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 INSPECTIONS: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH – 10:00 A.M. TO 3:00 P.M. & TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH – 10:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M. & MORNING OF SALE – 8:30 A.M. TO 11:00 A.M. & UPON REQUEST PAUL W. SCHEER, FL LIC. #AU-0200234 • AARON POSNIK & CO., INC. FL LIC. #AB-001697

Aaron Posnik

AUCTIONEERS•APPRAISERS

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

TOLL FREE 1-877-POSNIK-1 (767-6451) MA Auc. Lic #161 • PA Auc. Lic. #AY000241L

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MORTGAGEE’S FORECLOSURE AUCTION HELD ON THE PREMISES WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2023 1 PM 92 Sunset Drive, Springfield, MA Terms of Sale: Unless specified above, present a $5000 bank check deposit at sale.

The balance shall be paid 30 days from the sale. Other terms may be announced at sale.

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

NO CASH T. Gravlin - MA License# AU 3112

CALL THE PROS

Professional Service Directory in Print and Online Place your service ad 24/7.

Call (413) 788-1234 or go to: www.MassLive.com Masonry/Concrete

Miscellaneous Services

ABC Masonry & Basement Waterproofing STOP ALL WATER LEAKAGE Brick, block, stone, stucco, concrete, chimneys, foundations, hatchways, New & repair.

Basement windows, sump pumps, and damp proofing. Lic 120263 569-1611 or 413-3745377ABC MasonryABC MasonryABC Masonry

Accepting new patients, Dentist. 413-734-5522, Insurance, Mass Health 167 Maple St, Springfield, Dr. A. Breglio

• SPRINGFIELD •

• GREENFIELD •

1¾ STORY

STYLE HOME COLONIAL STYLE HOME FARMHOUSE 108 James Street GREENFIELD, MA “LOCATED IN MAPLE HIGH/SIX CORNERS NEIGHBORHOOD”

44 Dexter Street

Features:

SPRINGFIELD, MA

To be Sold on the Premises

• Two Story Colonial Style Home • ±6,098 S/F of Land • • Total of (6) Rooms w/ (3) Bedrooms & (2) Baths • • ±1,348 S/F of Total Living Area • Oil Hot Water Baseboard Heat • • Full Basement • Vinyl Siding • Public Water & Sewer • • Front Porch • Zoned: R2/Residential • Map ID: 039000009 •

Sale Per Order of Mortgagee Attorney C. Barry Waite Of the firm of Resnic, Beauregard, Waite & Driscoll 330 Whitney Avenue, Holyoke, MA Attorney for Mortgagee

Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 Deposit Cash or Certified Funds.

5% Buyer’s Premium Applies.

Other Terms to be Announced at Time of Sale

Aaron Posnik

Features:

To be Sold on the Premises

• 1¾ Farmhouse Style Home • ±12,197 S/F of Land • • Total of (5) Rooms w/ (2) Bedrooms & (1) Bathroom • • ±972 S/F of Gross Living Area Above Grade • • Gas FWA Heat • Full Basement • Vinyl Siding • • Porch • Public Water & Sewer • • Zoned: RA - Urban Residential • • Assessor’s Parcel: Map 18, Lot 7 • Sale Per Order of Mortgagee Terms of Sale: Attorney Joseph J. Lange $10,000.00 Initial Deposit by Bank or Certified Funds.

Of the firm of Lyon & Fitzpatrick, LLP Deposits to be increased to 10% of Purchase Price 14 Bobala Road, Holyoke, MA within 5 Business Days.

Attorney for Mortgagee 5% Buyer’s Premium Applies.

Other Terms to be Announced at Time of Sale

Aaron Posnik

AUCTIONEERS•APPRAISERS

AUCTIONEERS•APPRAISERS

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

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

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

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

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GENERAL ESTATE AUCTION FRI, NOV. 17, AT 6 PM

Including furniture, glass & china, small antiques, artwork, Troy Bilt 24” snowblower, Ariens 724 snowblower, Craftsman 6” planer, and more.

Sports - fishing, camping, hunting (firearms, shotguns, pistols, rifles), ammo, knives, WWII, and more.

PREVIEW: 8AM - 6 PM www.DouglasAuctioneers.com

Articles for Sale

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Real estate for rent

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act and Massachusetts Labor and Industries Law, which make it illegal to advertise any preference, limitations or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, familial status, sexual orientation which shall not include persons whose sexual orientation involves minor children as the sex object, genetic information, ancestry, children, marital status, or public assistance recipiency, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. To report discrimination, call the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at 1-800-6699777. The HUD TTY telephone number for the hearing impaired is 212-708-1455.

House for rent, exceptional opportunity, 1st floor only, 1 bd, full bath, $700/ month, 69 John St, Ludlow, 5 months tenant is by themselves while owner is in FL, call 413583-3908 or 413-682-6108

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

Cats Maine Coon Bengal Siamese mix kitten, 1F $35.00.

Call (no text) 413-777-9659

Dogs 8 weeks, AKC pure bred Boston Terrier Puppies, 4 available (2M & 2F) Call 413-207-4664

AKC German Shepherd Pups, 4m & 3 f, Black & tan, black & red, and sables. AKC paperwork & all shots/worming up to date, written hip-andhealth guarantee, parents on premises, raised in country setting, $1400, call 978-249-3724 Border Collie pups, 8 weeks, black and white, vet-checked, shots, wormed, $700, 860-449-2246 English Golden Retriever puppies M/F. Both parents on premises. Many generations loved and shown. Reserve now.

Ready Oct. 20, 2023 413531-1373

Golden Retriever female, 1 1/2 years, sweet, vet checked, perfect home only $750. 413-531-1373, 413-367-2405 Puppy, 2 months, mixed Husky w/Labrador. $900.

Call 413-244-8046

2022 National Purple Heart $5 Gold Proof coin.

Issued by US mint, low mintage with box, COA, $730./best offer, call 413-426-7063

Collector pays cash for stamp collections, lrg or sml. Call RON for sale or eval. 413-896-3324

Jewelry Cabinet w/ 8 drawers, 2 side panels and mirror full of sanitized modern fashion jewely, $750 or best offer.

XXL Snow leopard fox fur coat, never worn, $50.

XXL Silver Puffercoat w/ fox fur collar, never worn, $50, Ask for Lisa in Ludlow, 413-949-5445

Two Raleigh Venture 20in & 14in bikes, one Polaris 20 in Swimano gear bike for sale, $150 for all three or best offer, call 413-3887694.

Clothing

Clarks Navy Blue slip-on sneakers, 7N, Never worn, $45 or B/O, 413-583-4266

Med. Equip Sales/Wanted

Full adjustable medical bed w/remote control, like new, $500.

Call 413-537-0650

Auctions Auctions

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

1,000’s of sports cards, all big stars, at least 50% off. 1950’s to present.

BUYING ALL SPORTS CARDS, RETIRED VETERAN Selling at $2.50 per box.

CALL 413-596-5783

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MORTGAGEES’ REAL ESTATE AUCTIONS TO BE SOLD ON THEIR RESPECTIVE PREMISE

TUESDAY NOV. 21, 2023 11:00 AM - CHESHIRE, MA 17 WILLOW COVE ROAD DEPOSIT $5,000

MONDAY NOV.27, 2023 1:00 PM - WESTFIELD, MA 24 CAMELOT LANE 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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