Home and Garden, and Real Estate- April 23, 2023

Home & Garden

& Real Estate

INSIDE

IN THE GARDEN WITH LEE REICH: Green leaves, stocky growth are signs of picture-perfect tomato harvest, F4

PROJECT OF THE WEEK: A place of their own, F5

ANTIQUES & COLLECTING: Sea creatures come to life on silver bowl, F6

MORTGAGE RATES: Mortgage rates rise: 30year climbs to 6.39%, F7

WMASS DEEDS, F7

Specialty mushrooms are booming — including in home gardens

the mushroom log is having a moment.

By K ate Morgan The Washington Post

IN THE FIRST FEW days after you open the package, mycelium creates a dense spiderweb beneath the clear plastic. Soon, fungus foams out, morphing into lumpy white orbs. Once they’re shaggy and softball-sized, it’s time to harvest. They’re lion’s mane mushrooms, grown from a bag of sawdust packed inside a cardboard box, and they’re delicious.

The specialty mushroom market is expanding, and

“We say mushrooms are having a movement,” said Lori Harrison, vice president of communications at the American Mushroom Institute. Edible mushrooms are already a billion-dollar industry in the United States, and according to market research firm The Insight Partners, that’s projected to grow to almost $20 billion in the next five years.

People are eager for cheaper, more accessible meat substitutes, Harrison said, and more unusual mushroom varieties are appearing at farmers markets and on restaurant menus. The Agriculture Department reported that specialty mushroom sales in the 2021-2022 growing season rose 32 percent over the previous year.

Matt McInnis is the co-founder of North Spore, a Portland, Maine-based op -

ing the experience of growing them.”

North Spore’s spray-andgrow box varieties include blue, pink and golden oyster mushrooms, plus the puffy white lion’s mane.

“We chose those specifically because they’re basically foolproof,” McInnis said. “If you bought one of those kits and neglected it for six months, you’d probably have mushrooms growing on top of it.”

Anneliesse Gormley, an artist and woodworker living near Asheville, N.C., compared the mushroom kit experience to watching a Chia Pet erupt with sprouts.

it isn’t limited to commercial farmers: An increasing number of people are growing fungi at home. It’s an easier prospect than ever, with companies catering to beginners with “spray-and-grow” boxes of lion’s mane and oyster mushroom spawn, kits for growing shiitakes on pieces of oak and bags of inoculated sawdust to sprinkle into pots. In short, forget the countertop hydroponic herb garden;

eration that sells kits, spawn and accessories for growing frilly oysters, stocky trumpets, vibrant chicken of the woods and more. Since the kits became the business’s focus in 2020, McInnis said, sales have nearly doubled each year.

“People are starting to wake up to the breadth of the diversity that exists in the world of mushrooms,” he said. “And we’re demystify-

Mushrooms are easier than ever to DIY, and companies are helping streamline the process

Matt McInnis is the co-founder at North Spore and a retailer of growing kits. These wine cap mushrooms can be grown from sawdust spawn sold by North Spore. (PHOTO COURTESY OF NORTH SPORE)

“People are starting to wake up to the breadth of the diversity that exists in the world of mushrooms. And we’re demystifying the experience of growing them.”

Matt McInnis, co-founder of North Spore in Portland, Maine

LEE REICH | IN THE GARDEN

Green leaves, stocky growth are signs of picture-perfect tomato harvest

IRECEIVED A CALL FOR HELP YESTERday from a thousand miles away, in Wisconsin. My friend Kit telephoned to ask how to grow the ultimate tomato. He was hoping this season for more than just “home-grown” tomatoes; he wanted a tomato with a juicy, sweet-tart pulp held in the thinnest of skin. I advised, first of all, to choose varieties with these desirable characteristics. Then, since such varieties probably are not available as transplants, he would have to raise his own plants from seeds.

Kit called me in the nick of time, because tomato seeds need to be sown indoors now. (Actually, a few weeks earlier would be ideal, but better late than never.) Tomato plants require a long, warm season to ripen their fruits. By growing plants indoors for a month or so, the plants will ripen their first fruits by July rather than September, which would occur if the seed were sown outdoors.

Here are directions for growing tomatoes from seed: Sow the seeds either in potting (not garden) soil in a container such as a plastic cup with drainage holes or a compartmented seed starting tray. Plant two or three seeds a quarter-inch deep in each container cell, then water from below by standing the containers in two inches of water for about five minutes. Let excess water drain away, then put the containers where it is warm, preferably about seventy degrees Fahrenheit, and cover everything with plastic to keep the “soil” moist. Light is irrelevant at this point.

Once the seedlings poke through the surface, remove the plastic, and move the plants to a sunny, south-facing window, or else to within a few inches of fluorescent lights. Carefully pull out all but the most vigorous plant in each cell or cup.

The ideal tomato plant at time of transplanting has lush, green leaves and a stocky stem. This ideal is achieved by giving plants as much light as possible, without letting the plants get too hot, and by keeping the plants slightly thirsty and hungry, though never to the point of allowing the leaves to wilt or turn pale. Most potting soils have enough nutrients to sustain plants for a month or so. If the leaves do begin to yellow, start feeding the plants with a liquid fertilizer as per directions. Very important, those last three words.

In mid-May, the plants begin their transition outdoors. Indoors, they have never experienced the gusting wind, searing sun, or chilly nights they will have to endure out in the garden. Move the seedlings

outdoors, but for a week keep them where midday sun is tempered to dappled shade and where the plants are shielded from the full brunt of the wind. After a week, move the plants to a yet sunnier and windier location. Throughout this whole “hardening off” period, bring the plants indoors whenever temperatures threaten to dip below 40 degrees.

The plants will need a lot more water outdoors than they did indoors, but don’t get impatient with watering them and lugging them in on frosty nights. Remember, if you set the plants in the garden prematurely, you might lose them to frost. Then you are back to buying plants of just any old tomato variety.

Now, for planting . . . make a hole deep enough to set the plants with with their bottom leaves at ground level. If a plant has grown very lanky, though, make a trench and set the plant with its stem lying horizontally in the trench and just its top pointed up and out of the soil. New roots will grow along the buried stem.

I always stick a toothpick in the soil right up against the stems of all my transplants. This isn’t some silly superstition, but is a way of foiling cutworms. Cutworms commonly chew tender, young transplants off at the soil line, but this pest leaves woody plants alone.

Final directions are: cover the plants if frost threatens; mulch the ground by the end of June; pick tomatoes by the end of July. Incidentally, I agreed to send to Kit, along with these directions, some of my best tomato seeds. My choices for best tomatoes include Sungold, Belgian Giant, Nepal, Valencia, and, for the best-tasting tomato sauce, San Marzano.

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.

Stocky growth, green leaves, and extensive roots are signs of a healthy tomato transplant. (LEE REICH PHOTO)

DON & DAVE RUNYAN | PROJECT OF THE WEEK

A place of their own

ALMOST EVERYONE can remember a special place they had as a kid — a place away from the grown-up world, perfect for secret meetings, playing games or hosting tea parties. This Alpine-style playhouse project will make the perfect hideaway for your own kids (or grandkids).

The project measures just four feet square by seven feet tall, so it won’t take up too much space in the yard. Fairly easy to build—basic framing and straight cuts of standard plywood for the walls, floor and roof—it won’t take too much time, either.

Materials for the playhouse include five sheets of exterior plywood, plus assorted fir, pine and redwood lumber in standard sizes, molding, nails, glue, hinges and a door knob and latch. Once the

AMHERST Edible plants

The Jones Library is presenting a program about using edible plants in gardens by local naturalist John Root on April 29 at 3 p.m. in the Woodbury Room. This presentation is a visual one that features the variety of trees, shrubs, vines, canes, and herbaceous perennials

that can be grown in New England for harvests of fruits, nuts and vegetables.

Participants learn how to establish and care for these plants using organic methods of cultivations. Nutritional and medicinal benefits of the plants are discussed as well.

This program is free and open to the public. The library is located at 43 Amity St.

MONSON Student scholarships

The Monson Garden Club has two $500 scholarships available to high school seniors who reside in Monson and plan to continue school at a two or four-year college to study in any branch of the life, natural, or environmental sciences.

framing, floor, walls and roof are built, the kids can even get involved with painting and adding the finishing touches.

The Alpine Playhouse plan, No. 658, is $9.95 and includes step-by-step instructions with photos, detailed construction diagrams, fullsize traceable patterns and a shopping list and cutting schedule. Patterns for the tole-painted designs on the shutters and flower boxes are also included. Please include $3.95 for postage and handling and allow about two weeks for delivery.

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TERRY AND KIM KOVEL | ANTIQUES & COLLECTING

Furniture revivals keep styles alive through centuries

FURNITURE REVIVals have taken place since at least the 19th century and probably earlier. New technology made earlier ornate styles easier and less expensive to make, and therefore more accessible to the average buyer. Some are difficult to distinguish from authentic pieces. If you see the word “style” in a description, it is probably a copy or revival piece, not an authentic piece from the period.

For example, this wine rack is described as “Regency style.” It was made in the 20th century, not the Regency period, and it sold for $813 at New Orleans Auction Galleries. The Regency period was from 1811 to 1820 in England, when King George III’s son served as Prince Regent. The corresponding

CURRENT PRICES

American furniture period is American Empire. Both Regency and Empire were influenced by Classical art of ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt. Mahogany was a favorite wood. This wine rack imitates mahogany with a dark stain on pine wood. Empire furniture features gold ormolu, but Regency furniture is known for its brass decorations. The wine rack has a brass gallery on top and ring handles on the sides, features that can be seen on authentic pieces from the Regency period.

Q. Some hairspray got on my lovely solid wood furniture. What is the best way to remove the small circles of spray?

A. Try rubbing the spots

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

Inkwell, porcelain, figural, two bears sitting around tree stump, one eating beets from bowl, the other licking a spoon, top comes off stump to expose ink pot, stamped Russian mark, 6 x 5 1/2 inches, $60.

Pottery jar, San Ildefonso, black matte, carved designs with inset turquoise, rounded form, Juan Tafoya, 5 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches, $115.

Quilt, pieced, 9 Patch pattern, 16 squares, each with nine yellow diamond patches, blue and yellow sawtooth border, white ground, Pennsylvania, 1910, 72 x 72 inches, $260.

Purse, shoulder, black leather, black velvet flap with beaded flowers, blue, turquoise, pink and beige beads, cloth strap, marked Saint Laurent, 12 x 12 inches, $450.

Daum dish, frog on a lily pad, pate de verre glass, irregular shape with figural frog on rim, green shaded to yellow to gold, marked Daum France, 2 3/8 x 6 x 6 inches, $500.

Poster, travel, Meeting of the Chiefs, Native American man on horseback, rock formations in background, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Co., copyright 1949, 18 x 24 inches, $620.

Jewelry, ring, coral cabochon, round, smooth, surrounded by 14 small turquoise cabochons, diamond spacers, 18K pink gold mount, Retro, size 7, $700.

Furniture, tea table, cherrywood, rectangular top with raised molded edges, shaped skirt, sliding candle sides, cabriole legs, pad feet, label on bottom for Eldred Wheeler, Hingham, Massachusetts, 20th century, 26 1/2 x 28 x 18 inches, $935.

Pottery, midcentury platter, white and brown speckled glaze, brown abstract scribble on center, impressed finger marks on sides, raised rim, stamped on bottom of rim, Warren MacKenzie, Minnesota, 2 1/4 x 13 1/2 x 12 inches, $1,190.

Stoneware crock, cobalt blue stylized wings and serpent, stamped C.F. Orcutt & Co., Albany, N.Y., straight sides, thick banded rim, ear handles, 2 gallons, 9 inches, $1,710.

with a microfiber or other lint-free cloth dampened with 70% isopropyl alcohol (sometimes called “rubbing alcohol”). Don’t pour the alcohol directly on the spot. Follow up by wiping the area with a cloth dampened in water to remove any excess and finish by wiping dry with a clean cloth. A small amount of shampoo mixed in hot water can also be used to remove hairspray. Use the same process. Dampen a cloth with the liquid mixture and wipe the spots, wipe with a cloth dampened in water to remove any remaining shampoo, and wipe dry with a clean cloth.

Q. I have an L.C. Smith typewriter, serial number is “1386874B.” Are old manual typewriters worth anything?

A. Lyman C. Smith and his brothers made guns before they made typewriters. They started making a few typewriters in their gun shop after 1884. In 1887 they sold the gun business

Bavaria, Germany.” I don’t have the original boxes, but the dishes have never been used. I’d like to sell them. Can you tell me what they’re worth?

and founded Smith Premier Typewriter Co. in Syracuse, N.Y. It became L.C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Co. in 1903. The company merged with Corona Typewriter Co. in 1925 to become L.C. Smith & Corona Typewriter Co. Personal computers replaced typewriters in most homes, schools and offices beginning in the 1980s. Smith-Corona no longer makes typewriters; it now makes thermal labels. The serial number on your typewriter indicates it was made in 1937. Some old typewriters are collectible and sell for a few hundred dollars. A few rare typewriters sell for more than $1,000. Many common old typewriters sell for $20 to $50.

Q. I bought 12 place settings and all the serving pieces for Johann Haviland’s dinnerware in the late 1970s or early ’80s. They are white with light blue flowers and silver trim. The back is stamped “Johann Haviland,

A. Johann Haviland started a porcelain factory in Waldershof, Bavaria, in 1907. It became Porcelain Factory Waldershof AG formerly Johann Haviland in 1924. Porcelain Factory Ph. Rosenthal & Co. bought the factory in 1936 and made some dinnerware marked “Johann Haviland.” Your dishes are “Blue Garland” pattern, which was first made 1974. The trim is platinum, not silver. It was sold in grocery stores as premiums in the United States in the 1970s and ’80s. Dinner plates sell for $10 to $20, serving pieces for more. A covered butter dish sold for $21, a covered vegetable dish for $40, and a coffeepot, sugar and creamer for $50.

TIP: To clean furniture, dip your dusting cloth in 1/2 cup of vinegar mixed with a teaspoon of olive oil.

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Although it was made in the 20th century, this wine rack brings Regency style into a modern setting. (COWLES SYNDICATE INC.)

Deeds

Mortgage rates rise: 30-year climbs to 6.39%

By PAUL W ISEMAN Associated Press

U.S. MORTGAGE

RATES

rose this week for the first time in more than a month, at least a temporary setback for would-be home buyers and a housing market already reeling from more than a year of interest-rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.

Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that that average fixed-rate 30-year mortgage edged up to 6.39% from 6.27% the week before. A year ago, the average rate was 5.11%.

The average rate on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with those refinancing their homes, also rose — to 5.76% from 5.54% a week earlier.

The Fed, responding to a surge in inflation that last year hit a four-decade high, has raised its benchmark interest rate nine times in just over a year. Mortgage rates surged — to a two-decade high of 7.08% last fall. But rates had fallen five straight weeks before the upturn this week. Higher borrowing costs have taken a toll on the housing market. The National Association of Realtors reported Thursday that sales of existing U.S. homes fell 2.4% from February to March at an annual rate of 4.44 million — signaling a disappointing start to the spring homebuying season. Median home prices fell to $375,700 — down 0.9% from a year ago, biggest year-over-year drop since January 2012.

Investment in U.S. housing has dropped for seven straight quarters — including freefalls at an annual rate of 27.1% from July through September and 25.1% from October through December last year.

AGAWAM

Betty L. Lempke, trustee, and Betty

L. Lempke Revocable Indenture Of Trust Of, trustee of, to Christine C. Lenke, 23F Castle Hills Road, Unit 23F, $318,000.

Bretta Construction LLC, to Hailley

K. King, 25 Damato Way, $725,000.

Jeffrey Daigneau to Benjamin Celik and Stephanie Celik, 26 North Alhambra Circle North, $385,000.

Nandi Mainali and Thagi Maya Mainali to Santosh Rai and Chitra

K. Rai, 52 Mallard Circle, $360,000.

Paul F. Broz Jr., and Simone Broz to Eric D. Lebeau and Ashley Lebeau, 604 Springfield St., #606, $210,000.

AMHERST

Yvonne P. Morand to Holly L. Morand, 125 East Hadley Road, $100.

David R. Evans to David R. Evans and Gretchen B. Rossman, 11 Arbor Way, $100.

David R. Evans to David R. Evans and Daniel R. Evans, Arbor Way, $100.

Maureen G. Sullivan, personal representative, and Karen A. Sullivan, estate, to Ann Louise Abbott, 26 Greenleaves Drive, $179,900.

BELCHERTOWN

Misty M. Sklarski to Mary Sue Dyer, Sharon Summers and John Summers, 418 Springfield Road, $460,000.

BRIMFIELD

G. Stephen Bruno to Taylor Kieler, 209 East Hill Road, $305,000.

BUCKLAND

Clinton W. Phillips and Leah M. Phillips to AGT Homes LLC, Bray Road, $35,000.

CHESTER

Federal National Mortgage Association and Fannie Mae to Steven K. Nieminen and Thang Q Huynh, 64 Smith Road, $110,000.

James D. Adams to Chester Theatre Co. Inc., 162 Route 20, $225,000.

CHESTERFIELD

Jenny L. Roske and Carol A. Recore to Ruby Realty LLC, 11 Bryant St., $167,314.

CHICOPEE

AMRAP LLC, to Justin Richard Reeves, 279 Sheridan St., $240,000.

Andrew R. Serrenho to Brandon L. Beaulieu, 23 Bessette Lane, $300,000.

Constance L. Post to Terra North Corp., 19 Nonotuck Ave., $100,000. Heather E. Nash and Gregory J. Nash to Adam John Eckert, 22 Parkwood Drive, $300,000.

Jean J. Croteau and Patricia Coleman to Brendan Duffy and Annmarie Brewer, 24 Laurel St., $307,000.

Joanne Gendron, John Saczawa, Ralph A. Saczawa and Andrea Galiatsos to Charlene Dominik, 11 Graham Drive, $275,000.

Nadezhda Volkov and Vitaly Volkov to Travis W. Beaudoin, 38 Paderewski Ave., $345,000.

Omar Al Attar, Omar Alattar and Linda Mohammed to Antonio Berardi, 324 Carew St., $65,000.

RBT Enterprise LLC, to LSH Investment LLC, 19-21 Emerson St., $655,000.

RBT Enterprise LLC, to Viktorian Estate LLC, 0 Hampden St., $612,000.

Sean Vaudrin and Stephanie Stevenson to Sean Vaudrin, 33 Trilby Ave., $10,000.

Vantage Home Buyers LLC, to Roseann Bonatakis, 424 Chicopee St., $325,000.

COLRAIN

Susan M. Caron and Thomas L. Caron to Mark E. Pichette, Hillman Road, $53,000.

EAST LONGMEADOW

Ashley Smith to Timothy Garstka, 21 Melwood Ave., $376,000.

James William Johnston Jr., and Carol B. Johnston to Miah Jean Digregorio and Zack Taylor Poremba, 3 Pineywoods Drive, $366,000.

Louis Bonavita to Lori Picard, 267 Dwight Road, $201,000.

Magni Properties LLC, to Ryan Suprin, 41 Villanova St., $201,260.

Wakeby Development Inc., to Maryann Atkinson and Christopher Turowsky, 30 Fernwood Drive, $360,000.

GRANBY

Matthew J. Kearney to Alberto Gonzalez, 20 New Ludlow Road, $261,000.

Barbara L. White, trustee, and White Family Revocable Trust to Philip T. Braese, 95 Cold Hill, $189,000.

Carol Reinke, Carol L. Reinke, Michele Charland and Madeline J. Bachand to Cary R. Jubinville, trustee, Susan F. Jubinville, trustee, and Windswept Revocable Trust, 125 Cold Hill Road, $375,000.

GREENFIELD

Federal National Mortgage Association, “aka” Fannie Mae, to Brandon Kelley, 30 Fairview St., $255,000.

William R. Kostanski to Steven D. Mayhew, 6 Silver Crest St., $225,000.

Mark A. Meader and Akiko Meader to Dominic Kirchner II, trustee of the Methuselah Realty Trust, 426 Davis St., $191,200.

HADLEY

Philip W. St. Laurence and Lindsey A. St. Laurence to Lucas Tragos, Andrei Iurii and Antonio DiTommaso, 169 Rocky Hill Road, $463,000.

Anita M. Sever and Linda R. Polonsky to Rohit Amembal and Amar P. Amembal, 22 Mount Warner Road and 22 Mt. Warner Road, $770,000.

HAMPDEN

Deeba A. Zaher and Harold D. Gray to Krysta Menard-Tanguay and Benjamin Tanguay, 42 Evergreen Terrace, $575,000.

U S Bank, trustee, and RMAC Trust Series 2016-CTT, trustee of, to Victoria Lynch, 53 Greenleaf Drive, $370,000.

HATFIELD

George Bucala, George Bucala, personal representative, Paul Duga Jr., estate, Paul Duga III, estate, Linda Moynahan and Linda Moynihan to JFLF Properties LLC, 97 Prospect St., $235,000.

HEATH

Katherine B. Peppard to Brian Gaines and Paola Catherine Cruz Velasquez, 20 Knott Road, $295,000.

HOLYOKE

Kenneth J. Cowdell and Catherine A. Croteau to Revampit LLC, 426 Homestead Ave., $170,000.

LUDLOW

Anna J. Lyman, Gina M. Potter and Debra A. McFarlane to Turan Gul, 131 Fuller St., $420,000. Christopher Leitao and Bryant Leitao to Francisco Leitao, trustee, and Francisco Leitao Revocable Indenture Of Trust Of, trustee of, 378 Chapin St., $180,000.

Michael A. Brown to Alex Dobiecki and Jennifer Dobiecki, 296 Colonial

Jumbo loans are based on loan amounts of $548.250. Points quoted include discount and/or origination. Lock Days: 30-60. Annual percentage rates (APRs) are based on fully indexed rates for adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs). The APR on your specific loan may differ from the sample used. Fees reflect charges relative to the APR. If your down payment is less than 20% of the home’s value, you will be subject to private mortgage insurance, or PMI. FHA mortgages include both UFMIP and MIP fees based on loan amount of $165,000

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Drive, $426,000.

Sunny Heesun Park to Jillian Dodge, 517 Ideal Lane, Unit 304, $365,000.

MONSON

Premier Home Builders Inc., to Barbara Clay, 170 Hovey Road, $705,000.

MONTAGUE

Nathanael Cassidy, personal representative of the Estate of Nancy Ann Faller, “aka” Nancy Anne Faller, to Tamara G. McKerchie and William W. McKerchie, 93 K Street, $326,755.

MONTGOMERY

Gary M. Levite, Linda A. Levite and Lisa L. Orzechoski to Laura Prince and Justin Shoemaker, 281 Main Road, $380,000.

NORTHAMPTON

Barbara K. Pomeroy to Northampton City and Northampton City Planning, Roberts Hill Road and Sylvester Road, $690,000.

Raymond F. Wheeler, Martha D. Wheeler and Robert F. Wheeler to Mark W. Erba, 20 Ormond Drive, $412,000.

Platinum Auto Spa LLC, to 310 Bridge Street Realty LLC, 310 Bridge St., $200,000.

Eric P. Hagelstein, trustee, and Edward A. Hagelstein Irrevocable Trust to Eric P. Hagelstein and Susan L. Hagelstein, 171 Nonotuck St., $235,000.

NORTHFIELD

Mary Susan Fowler and Debbie Frechette to Gracie’s Gift 1770 Farm LLC, 265 Millers Falls Road, $100. Rosemary Medeiros, personal representative of the Estate of Joseph Medeiros Sr., to Redfoot LLC, 57 Main St., $364,000.

ORANGE

Gary J. Hastings, personal representative of the Estate of George E. Hastings Jr., to Elizabeth A. Johnson, 55 Spring St., $171,000.

Corey Harris, personal representative of the Estate of Peter D. Hubbard, to Claudia Correa, 52 Kelton St., $95,000.

John Dunphy and Troy Santerre to Jennifer Nicole Lawton, 24 Church St., $302,000.

PALMER

Bonnie K. Shackleford to Joshua A.

Hoy and Melissa A. Walkwitz, 50 Walnut St., $251,000.

Jose L. Fragoso and Maria R. Fragoso to MGC Property Management LLC, 1035 Central St., $480,000.

Shannon E. Webster, Michael P. Korzec, Terrence C. Korzec, Mary C. Picco, Maureen J. Walker and Kathleen C. Battige to Heather Korzec, 4038 Pine St., $223,000.

SHELBURNE

Martin Ventures LLC, to Daughters Properties LLC, 10 Bridge St., $300,000.

SOUTH HADLEY

Charles A. Hebb, Alexandria Hebb and Alexandria Moriarty to David R. Adams, 15 Sycamore Knolls, $390,000.

Christine H. Berry to John Charles Horn and Jan Maria Horn, 2 Rivercrest Way, $479,900.

Michael E. Fitch and Stacie L. Fitch to Michael E. Fitch, 26 Saybrook Circle, $99,834.

Barry James McPhee to Janice Anne Harris, 50 McKinley Ave., $75,000.

Anthony D. Maloni and Cynthia J. Maloni to RB Homes LLC, 34-40 School St., $360,750.

SOUTHWICK

Dwayne Dowd, Holly Dowd and Holly Giroux to Jeffrey T. Daigneau, 15 Lexington Circle, $730,000.

Hamelin Framing Inc., to James St. George, Silvergrass Lane, Lot 9, $520,000.

Thomas P. O’Donnell and Jeanne C. O’Donnell to Zuriel C. Dimailig and Diane Victoria A. Dimailig, 50 Berkshire Ave., $465,000.

SPRINGFIELD

374 Walnut Street LLC, to 374-382 Walnut Street LLC, 374-382 Walnut St., $565,000.

ARPC LLC, to Luis M. Sanchez and Kiara M. Sanchez Perez, 140 Eddy St., $229,000.

Avon Place LLC, to Iqra Farm LLC, 15-17 Avon Place, $2,995,000.

Beverly A. Swetcky, trustee, Catherine Rossi, trustee, and Thomas Henson Irrevocable Special Needs Trust Of, trustee of, to Ceciliana A. Torres and Derek D. Gonzalez, 33 Bernard St., $215,000.

Celeste Solano-Lorenzano and Celeste Toledo to Jefferson Figueroa and Delkys Sanchez, 144-146 Tremont St., $347,000.

Chad Lynch and James Rocca to Jean Merisier, 1460-1462 Dwight St., $305,000.

Cherry Tree Realty LLC, to William Steven Demarski and Kathleen Prunier, 126 Stockman St., $280,000.

Christopher M. Gates to Michael T. Henderson, 24 Lumae St., $312,500. Courageous Lion LLC, to Franchesca Lafontaine, 256 Tremont St., $310,000.

Danny Olavarria and Daisy Olavarria to Angelica I. Mendez, 59 King St., $230,000.

David Belanger and Mimi Y. Belanger to Chenghua Deng, 97 Maebeth St., $357,000.

David S. Bell and Linda A. Bell to Crystal Dukes, 32 Peekskill Ave., $300,000.

Debra Osagie, representative, Therese Marie Rogers, estate, and Therese Marie Gagnon to Nayiah Marie Boyd, 63 Ventura St., $235,000.

Donna L. Jordan to Arianna F. Gray, 11 Ingersoll Grove, $390,000.

Emily M. Cruz Dejesus to Roberto Rivera-Negron, 30 Farnsworth St., $175,000.

Fumi Realty Inc., to Jonathan Barnhart, 38 Fox Wood Drive, $285,000.

George E. Young to Sara T. Hayden and David J. Hayden, 65 Bessemer St., $226,500.

Jacob T. Klieback and Susan J. Roski to Maria M. Avelar Gonzalez, 735 Belmont Ave., $255,000.

JJJ17 LLC, to Jose P. Lopez, 1655 Parker St., $245,000.

JJJ17 LLC, to Palpum Raw LLC, 27 Brooks St., $100.

John S. Marrero and Carla J. Potito-Marrero to Dorice Vougfo Meyitang, 102 Florida St., $100.

Jorge Maldonado to Fernando Ivan Rodriguez and Christina Marie Rodriguez, 68 Fresno St., $205,000.

Jose Raul Irizarry Roses and Marisol Lee Ortiz to Jacqueline Diaz, 140 Chestnut St., Unit 320, $65,000. Lake Rentals LLC, to Manual Torres, 156-158 Santa Barbara St., $317,500.

Lisa M. Tinnirella, representative, Dena Grundstrom, estate, and Dena L. Grundstrom, estate, to Aubri N. Bailly, 139 Fox Hill Road, $271,000.

Luz N. Rodriguez to Simone Grato, 132 Abbe Ave., $120,000.

Lynne M. Goda, representative, and George F. Goda, estate, to Ivan Machado De Vargas and Maria Teresinha Coutinho De Vargas, 169 Acrebrook Road, $235,000.

Maria C. Rodriguez, estate, and Yanira Correa, representative, to Carlos J. Figueroa Galarza, 15-17 Hutchinson St., $308,000.

Mark J. Raymond to 676 Page Realty LLC, 676 Page Boulevard, $350,000.

Maryann Atkinson, Christopher Turowsky, Christpher Turowski and Christopher Turowski to Michael B. Cruz Jr., 181 Pine Acre Road, $268,000.

Matthew Byrnes, Samantha Byrnes and Samantha Deland to Robert Doucette and Meghan Methe, 336

Newhouse St., $280,000.

Michael Ribeiro, Gloria Sousa Ribeiro, James Michael Ribeiro and Manuel De Sousa Ribeiro to Michael Ribeiro, 70-72 Home St., $100.

Miguel A. Rivera and Marisol Corona to Marisol Corona, 89 Bacon Road, $40,000.

Moises Roman, Moyses Roman-Roman and Evelyn Lopez to Jeffrey Alicea, 11 Horace St., $315,000.

Nina Nguyen to Anyori Reinoso Tineo, 36-38 Wilmont St., $325,000.

Nolava LLC, to Melrose Hurley and Nick Hurley, 1060 Liberty St., $224,900.

Quoc N. Huynh and Hong Ngan Nguyen to Jermet Latoya Campbell, 355-357 Oakland St., $278,000.

Ramon A. Ortiz-Santini, Ramon Alberto Ortiz and Ilene Ortiz to Magdalee Santiago and Junior Adrian Rivera, 16 Abbott St., $290,000.

Robert L. Craig II, to Joseph Lewin, 23 Sumner Terrace, $303,000.

Rodman Capital Group LLC, to Meghan Collopy, 33 Rosella St., $234,000.

Salim Nazim Abdoo to Paul Baptiste Jr., 122 Osborne Terrace, $355,000.

Seneca Slaughter to Rafael Beato and Edwin Beato, 25 Kimberly Ave., $350,000.

Steven Osetek, trustee, Lois Osetek, trustee, and Osetek Family Trust, trustee of, to Paul Roland Brandt Jr., 94 Aldrew Terrace, $251,000.

Theodore Perry to Fallah Razzak, 142 Cloran St., $80,000.

Trong Tran, Mai Phuong Bui and Anh Giang Tran to Damian T. Blake, 54 Johnson St., $305,000.

William Raleigh to Carl Hovey, 119 Kimberly Ave., $318,000.

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73 Willard Road LLC, to Adelson N. Munoz and Noelia Munoz, 117 Main St., $43,000.

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Great Lakes Camp Inc., to East Quabbin Land Trust Inc., Hardwick Pond Road, $750,000.

Santana Real Estate Inc., to Depina & Saintil Investments LLC, 32-34 South St., $200,000.

Lincoln Paine, personal representative, and Joyce A. Haas, estate, to Luis Carmo, 427 Belchertown Road, $70,000.

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Federal National Mortgage Association and Fannie Mae to Emir Telalovic, 114 Heywood Ave., $162,000.

James St. George to Robin D. Hendrix, 25 Birnie Ave., $320,000.

Kristie Russo, trustee, and Russo Ir-

revocable Income Only Trust, trustee of, to Ancelmo Noes Figueroa, 437 Cold Spring Ave., $130,000.

Louise D. Kelley and Edward F. Kelley to Dean Zuzgo, 37 Belle Ave., $60,000.

Martha M. Kisser and James C. Kisser Jr., to Calvin Rivera, 206 Prospect Ave., $226,000.

OFD Partners LLC, to Bolaji Mustapha, 47-49 Belle Ave., $320,000.

Robert L. Koonz and Jennifer M. Koonz to John K. Sullivan, 37 Morton St., $285,000.

Thomas F. Halpin and Maureen E. Halpin to Vincenzo Louis Calabrese, 16-18 Shepard St., $280,000.

William E. Mahoney Jr., Martha Mahoney and Martha L. Mahoney to William P. Morrissey and Doreen L. Mahoney, 26 Windpath East, $400,000.

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Janet M. Kedzierski and Janet Pais to Karen M. Pac, 37 Harvard St., $255,000.

Kevin Allen Call, Lori Call and Kevin Alan Call to Mark Oleksak and Rebecca Oleksak, 144 Park Drive, $350,000.

Linda A. Pyzik to Sophia Kelleher and Daniel McClellan, 8 Denise Drive, $320,000.

Lucinda Carolyn Cooper to Clifford Laraway, Catie Santaniello and Christopher Santaniello, 349 East Mountain Road, $295,000.

Nathaniel P. Munson and Krista M. Munson to John Child and Bri Bolio, 287 Notre Dame St., $288,000. Rene Gauthier and Nextgen Roofing to Nextgen RE LLC, 27 Hampden St., $100.

Roberto Lopez to Sara Janeen Brewer and Christopher Joe Brewer, 16 Montgomery St., $329,900.

WHATELY

Robert J. Lefebvre, commissioner, to Kyle Robert and Tracy Robert, 170 Christian Lane, $230,000.

WILBRAHAM

Brett Basili Wright and Jane Phaneuf to Sarah Senatus, Candler Senatus and Sarah Louissaint, 207 Manchonis Road Extn., $405,000.

Brian S. Chateauvert, trustee, Janemari E. Chateauvert, trustee, and Brian S. Chateauvert Trust, trustee of, to Christopher Roos, Sarah Roos and Mary Jane Roos, 11 Stonegate Circle, $710,000.

Kahn-Wilbraham LLC, to 2005 Boston Road Wilbraham LLC, 2005 Boston Road, $750,000.

Phillip B. Clawson and Ken D. Youngren to Chris Montemayor and Teresa R. Montemayor, 4 Briar Cliff Drive, $595,000.

Gardening is strenuous; here’s how to go gentle on your body

By JESSICA DAMIANO Associated Press

GARDENING IS widely regarded as a moderate to strenuous form of exercise. All that bending, lifting, digging and hauling burns calories and builds muscle. But it can also strain backs and leave even the fittest among us aching the next day.

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Gormley, 34, began growing fungi at home during the pandemic, using kits from North Spore and other companies, including San Francisco Bay Area-based Far West Fungi.

“I just remember thinking, ‘This is a little plastic bag of dirt in a box. This doesn’t make sense that this could happen, but let’s see if it works,’” she said. “It can give you instant gratification. I mean, you can watch it day by day and see a colonization happening. And then you start to see little fruiting bodies. It just feels like this really exciting thing.”

The kits, McInnis said, are “the jumping-off point for a much deeper exploration of mushroom growing.” Most customers come back for more, like bread loaf-sized “fruiting block” kits — plastic covered blocks of sawdust that grow even larger flushes of mushrooms. Many start to experiment with inoculating their own growing material, like straw or mulch, using sawdust spawn or liquid cultures, and setting up growing chambers, tubs and tents to control light and humidity.

It’s a short jump, McInnis said, from misting a box on your counter twice a day to drilling holes in a log to insert shiitake spawn-soaked plugs.

Gormley has graduated from boxes to buckets. She boils straw to kill any bacteria, then layers it with sawdust spawn in pails with holes drilled in them where

And when we’re less fit, or have arthritis, a limited range of motion or other mobility issues, the once-pleasurable pastime can seem impossible. But there’s no need to throw in the trowel.

Before heading out for a weeding or planting session, I wrap heating pads around my neck and lower back, which are my personal Achilles heels. Five minutes is usu-

the mushrooms will emerge.

“I just have these five-gallon buckets stacked in our spare bathroom slash mushroom growing operation,” she said. “It just looks like a lot of really weird, holey buckets. In a matter of two weeks, it’s like this incredible little jungle.”

Gormley grows a number of varieties, both for culinary use and for inclusion in her art. She carves kitchen utensils and cutting boards from wood and resin, often drying and encapsulating the fungi inside. Her favorite mushroom, from an aesthetic standpoint, is the ruffled pink oyster.

“They’re one of my favorite things, not only to grow, but to eat and to look at,” she said. “I just think it’s amazing that nature can produce a color like that.”

Gormley’s bathroom fungi bucket totem is an example of how versatile mushroom growing can be, said McInnis, and the fact that anyone can do it.

“Even for people who live in urban settings, who might not have access to a garden, we have indoor grow tents or tubs,” he said. “There are small-scale, at-home ways of having mushroom cultivation year-round indoors.”

Mushroom gardening at home also offers educational benefits, adds Harrison, for people with little knowledge of how they’re grown.

The American Mushroom Institute is headquartered in Chester County, Pa., often called the mushroom capital of the world. More than half of the nation’s commercial-

ally all it takes to loosen my muscles. Sometimes, I apply disposable, stick-on pads like those made by ThermaCare to whatever happens to hurt at the moment and wear them while I work. A few minutes of pre-gardening gentle stretching helps, too.

A little forethought can go a long way toward saving your strength and energy. For instance, collecting all the

ly grown mushrooms are produced in the county’s southeastern corner. And yet, Harrison said, passersby often have no idea they’re driving through fungus country.

“They’re done in these sort of nondescript cinder-block buildings, and you probably don’t pay attention to them,” she said. “Comparatively, you drive through any piece of land, basically anywhere in the U.S., and you can see corn growing. You can see apple trees, so you kind of make that connection. There’s a mystique around mushrooms; they just show up in the grocery store.”

Having a spray-and-grow box or a mushroom log at home, Harrison added, helps increase awareness and appreciation, and makes people more likely to experiment with new varieties and recipes. It’s also a way to taste more esoteric types without the time, effort and risk of foraging them in the wild. And mushroom growers have a tendency to share their bounty, which only helps the market grow.

Gormley’s always eager to get new people excited about specialty fungi. “Somebody sees this thing and they think it looks wild and extraterrestrial,” she said, “but it’s a pink oyster mushroom that cooks beautifully into something that tastes like barbecue pork.” Often, that first taste is the entry point to a new hobby. “Now you have this exciting new adventure you can take. It feels like a very endless, slippery slope that I want to slide down.”

tools you anticipate needing before you begin your work will cut down on unnecessary trips to and from the shed. While you’re in there, be sure to store the heaviest items on waist-height shelves for the easiest and safest retrieval. Sometimes, simple postural adjustments like remembering to bend at the knees when lifting bags of mulch or standing with your feet shoul-

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with instructions may be obtained through the school guidance office and are due by April 28.

SPRINGFIELD Garden program

The Springfield Garden Club will host “Jaw Dropping, Traffic Stopping, Get Your Neighbors Talking Container Gardens” presented by Deborah Trickett on April 29 at 1 p.m. The event will be held in-person at the First Baptist Church, 50 Parker St., East Longmeadow. Trickett will show participants how to create spectacular and lush container gardens. Springfield Garden Club members admitted for free; guest fee is $10. Tickets are available online at Eventbrite.com. For more information on this and other Springfield Garden Club events, go online to springfieldgardenclubma. org or visit the Springfield Garden Club Facebook page.

STOCKBRIDGE Container gardening

Berkshire Botanical Garden will present “Container Counsel: Tips and tricks for creating Successful Container Plantings” on April 29, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Led by designer Robert Clyde Anderson, this program will cover choosing an appropriate container, assembling beautiful and

der-width apart to maintain good balance are all you need. But if bending has become too difficult, or if you garden while seated, grow plants in waist- or chair-height raised beds or vertically in towers, wall-affixed planting units or trellises.

Using a wheelbarrow instead of carrying heavy supplies sounds like a no-brainer,

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compatible combinations, and avoiding design clichés. Cost is $20 members, $25 nonmembers. For more information or to register, visit berkshirebotanical.org. Berkshire Botanical Garden is located at 5 West Stockbridge Road.

WESTFIELD Garden symposium

Western Massachusetts Master Gardener Association presents its “24th Lower Valley Spring Gardening Symposium” on Saturday, May 6, from 8 a.m. to noon at Westfield South Middle School, 30 West Silver St. Featuring four presentations in two sessions: “Gardening for Four Seasons” with Jacqueline Clark, Landscape Designer; “Growing Bigger and Better Vegetables” with Bridgette Stone, director of education, Berkshire Botanical Garden; “Selecting and Planting Trees and Shrubs” with Jen Werner, MS, retired professor of landscape design and management, STCC; “Growing Herbs in Containers” with Ed Sourdiffe, MG, Green Thumb Guru. Plus, there will also be a raffle, marketplace, Ask a Master Gardener, refreshments, and soil testing. Register online at WMMGA.org. Register early, classes fill up quickly. Cost is $35 through Friday, April 28, and walk-ins day of symposium $40.

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Raising the bar: Soap gets a refresh

By K IM C OOK Associated Press

WYLLOW ELIZAbeth started making bars of soap when she found that her skin was sensitive to many store-bought ones. She made soaps for her own use, and only ventured into her local farmers’ markets, in Nova Scotia, Canada, to sell the extras.

Demand there was so strong, however, that she switched approaches, and now just keeps the “extras” and undersize bars for herself.

Elizabeth uses oils like olive, coconut, castor and hemp, as well as shea butter. “The hemp oil makes a lovely lather, and doesn’t build up on hair,” she says.

Hers are among many new bars that look, feel and smell different than traditional, mass-produced soaps. In supermarkets, beauty stores or at farmer’s markets, you’ll see an array of bar soaps that are, or have the look and feel of, the handmade, with natural and unusual ingredients. They might be infused with bits of tangy orange. Sea kelp. Lilac. Or even volcanic ash. Everything from carrots to coffee to clay are used to color the bars, and added scents are derived from plants, herbs and essential oils.

Although bar soap lost a lot of shelf space in recent decades to liquid soap, many people are rediscovering its

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but I can’t tell you how many times I’ve overestimated my ability and paid dearly for it. When carrying by hand, hug heavy objects like filled containers to your chest, keeping your back as straight as possible. Better yet, set pots in place while they’re empty, then fill them.

virtues.

For one thing, it doesn’t come in a plastic bottle. When a bar of soap is used up, it’s well and truly gone. It’s often wrapped in paper, and takes less energy to ship than liquids. Compared to its liquid counterpart, it travels through airport security without a fuss.

“Fortunately, hotels never fell out of love with the bar soap,” says Andrew Goetz, who together with partner Matthew Malin founded the personal-care brand Malin and Goetz in New York. Their soaps can now be found in restaurants, hotels, salons and fitness centers around the world; Goetz says their Dark Rum and Lime bars are especially popular.

John and Linda Meyer, founders of Wary Meyers, are married interior designers in Maine who created their own line of glycerin soaps, candles and modernist jewelry to echo their aesthetic.

“We thought the bar of soap was something that could use a refresh — colored stripes, gradients, speckles — so we treated it like a little design object,” says Linda Meyer.

One of their playful soaps is the “Virgo Cluster.”

“We were inspired by those clear rubber balls with glitter inside that everybody had as kids. But instead of glitter, we embed the bars with pieces of multicolored striped soap.” she says.

If you’ve ever rubbed the

My flower garden contains mostly perennials, because I prefer them and also because they don’t need replanting every year as annuals do. That cuts my work — and bending — a great deal. Plus, perennials, which return year after year, typically cost more at the outset but, over time, are more cost-effective than buying new annuals every spring.

Scoot around the yard on

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leaf of a tomato plant, you’ll know how fresh the scent is. That was the inspiration for Wary Meyers’ Italian Tomato Leaf bar. The red, green and white colors were “inspired by Gucci, the Italian flag, and of course tomatoes,” Meyer says.

They have a Pink Champagne soap bar made to look like the fizzy drink sitting in a flute, and some combos that sound good enough to eat: cucumber and cilantro, or grapefruit and clementine.

Icelandic company Kalastyle’s Hallo bars are derived from unusual ingredients like Arctic birch, moss and volcanic ash. The creamy-hued, round bars are smoky and herbaceous.

Popular bars in Wyllow Elizabeth’s lineup include Mint Ripple, with cocoa powder and peppermint essential oil.

a rolling garden seat, or use a padded kneeler to cushion the earth. Many adaptive tools available these days can make raking, hoeing or tending to other chores easier, too. If you haven’t shopped around in a while, you might be surprised by the ergonomic options available.

Corona, Fiskars and other leading brands make tools with extendable-reach han-

And when a friend found his grandfather’s old shaving cup, Elizabeth started experimenting until she found a formula for a toast-colored shaving bar that smells like bay spice.

She has her trusted playbook of ingredients now, but there’s still room for surprises.

“For instance, I use yellow dock plants in my Lemongrass Summer soap for their soothing properties. I thought they’d make yellow soap, but they came out rosy pink!,” she says. “Another surprise was when I used lemon peel powder in my Under the Sun soap – it starts out bright yellow, but as it cures it becomes a beautiful creamy color.”

Along with the pleasure she gets from soap crafting, Elizabeth loves naming the finished products, and engages her customers at markets in

dles that eliminate bending and facilitate gardening in a wheelchair. Rotoshovel, a battery-powered, “handheld automatic shovel” that won a 2022 AmericanHort Retailer’s Choice award, makes easy work of digging small holes for plants and bulbs.

And if you have hand pain or difficulty holding onto things, many tools now come with easy-grip handles.

the process.

“I share the scents and colors, and they enter a contest to name the soap,” she says.

“My favorite winner was a girl about 9 years old. She named the Lime Squeeze soap, and was so excited to win her very own bar of it; a simple prize.”

Lime Squeeze became the signature scent for Elizabeth’s line of “toy surprise” soaps. As each bar is used, a small treasure is revealed — a wee farm animal, a marble, a tiny Pegasus.

There’s a version for grownups too. Elizabeth’s Gems soaps might hold a carnelian, an amethyst or a piece of rose quartz. Good clean fun, in bar form.

New York-based writer Kim Cook covers design and decor topics regularly for The AP.

Foam grips and wraps also are sold separately to accommodate a wide range of older tools you might already own. Most importantly, pace yourself. Limit gardening sessions to between 60 and 90 minutes. Remember, home wasn’t built in a day.

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

image provided by Andrew Tolson shows a selection of Nova Scotia soap artisan Wyllow Elizabeth’s handmade soaps. Elizabeth often has visitors to her farmers’ market booth help her name new varieties; a young girl came up with the winning Lime Squeeze, which became the signature scent for Elizabeth’s bar that comes with a small toy trinket nestled inside, like a little farm animal, or a marble. (ANDREW TOLSON VIA AP)

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