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Applications for the East Longmeadow Garden Club’s 2024 Esther A. Rosati Memorial Scholarship are now available at the East Longmeadow High School guidance office, the East Longmeadow Public Library, and can be downloaded online at eastlong meadowgard.wixsite.com/ gardens.

Applicants must presently be an East Longmeadow High School senior or a recent graduate of East Longmeadow High School and is planning to attend an institution of higher learning in the fall of 2024 or a graduate student who is a resident of East Longmeadow and is attending or planning to attend an institution of higher learning or an East Longmeadow student who is a resident and has been accepted to participate in a special program.

Applications must be received on or before Feb. 28.

Applicants being considered may be contacted by the East Longmeadow Garden Club’s Scholarship Committee for an interview. The recipient will be awarded the $1,000 scholarship at the club’s annual May meeting.

Send completed application and documents to East Longmeadow Garden Club Scholarship Committee, c/o Diane A. Tiago, 38 Rogers Road, East Longmeadow, MA 01028.

The Springfield Garden Club will host “Gardening Basics,” a series of four classes on the basics of starting a garden, at 10 a.m. this winter and spring.

The series kick off on Jan. 27 with the class “Planning a Garden,” presented by Vana Nesor, past SGC president and avid gardener, followed by “Starting Seeds Indoors” on Feb. 10, presented by Judy Cmero and Claire Valenti of the SGC; “Preparing Garden Soil” on March 9, presented

by Kerisa Perazella of Crow River Farm in East Longmeadow; and “Composting” on April 13, presented by Janet Dolder, SGC member and master gardener.

Classes will be held at the Shea Building at Forest Park, 300 Sumner Ave. The fee is $10 per class or the series of four for $30. Tickets are available on Eventbrite, by emailing spfldgardenclub@ gmail.com or by calling 413285-3163.

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INTS OF SUMMER already are here, not outside, but in the seed catalogues in my mailbox and on seed racks appearing in stores Look how many different varieties of each vegetable are offered! Thumbing through one catalogue, for example, I see 28 varieties of tomato, 17 varieties of peas, and 11 varieties of radishes. Anyone who has gardened for at least a few years has their most and least favorite varieties of vegetables. Here’s a sampling of mine.

Right from the start, I admit that my most important criterion in choosing a vegetable variety is flavor.

I will grow a variety of low productivity, even one that is particularly susceptible to insects or diseases, if it is particularly delectable.

Let’s start with the most widely grown backyard vegetable, the tomato. The best-tasting varieties I have grown are Gardener’s Delight, Belgian Giant, and It’s hard to decide what to grow and not grow while looking Valencia. I completely pass through the wide selections of seeds available. (LEE REICH PHOTO) up notably good varieties like Beefsteak and Rutgers I have peas taste best. Lincoln and the best of seasons, my yields planted in the garden if any Green Arrow are two excelare limited. Bush limas maof my favorites also are ripe. lent varieties that have been ture sooner than pole limas, At the other end of the flavor around for a while and are fa- though production peters spectrum is a variety like Sub- vorites with many gardeners. out after a while. The best arctic Cherry. This variety’s Another new type of pea variety of bush lima is Fordmain attribute is earliness (it are shelling peas that grow hook. Henderson bush limas ripens in less than 50 days on practically leafless plants. mature even earlier, but are from transplanting), but I Instead of leaves, such variet- not worth growing because of would rather wait a little lon- ies as Novella grow tendrils, mediocre flavor. ger for tomatoes than eat this and one advantage of all My four favorite snap bean insipid variety. For a canning these tendrils is that the short varieties are Scarlet Runtomato, San Marzano is a vines hold each other up ner, Dutch White Runner, variety that cooks down to when planted in a solid block. Kentucky Wonder, and Blue a sauce that is rich in flavor All true, except that I found Lake. Scarlet Runner and and red color, far superior to it difficult to fish in among Dutch White Runner are other canning varieties like all those tendrils to harvest virtually identical except for Roma or Heinz 2653. the pods without damaging flower color. Neither would Peas get a lot of publicity in the plants. And the peas sell in the markets, for the the world of gardening these themselves are only average beans are thick, hairy, and days, primarily because of quality. coarse. Close your eyes and the new snap-type peas. With We do not have the long, eat them. Kentucky Wonder succulent, edible pods, snap warm growing season has a good, old-fashioned peas yield more than shelling enjoyed by lima beans. In green bean taste. Blue Lake peas, and are easier to eat. I such a climate, the variety to beans are the most refined of always plant about 15 feet of grow is King of the Garden. the lot — velvety smooth in snap peas, but I grow many I grow this excellent variety texture and flavor. My least more feet of regular shelling anyway, though they begin favorite snap bean variety is peas. Shelling does take time, to mature just as nights are Cherokee Wax, which is SEE REICH, PAGE F5 but worth it because shelling getting chilly, so that even in

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If you’re thinking about growing your own onions, it’s time to get started

Seed starters can choose from a range of onion colors, flavors and shapes, including the flattened, round Cipollini type known as Borettana, an Italian heirloom dating to the 1400s.

(DON TIPPING / SISKIYOU SEEDS)

Now is the time to buy onion seeds, which are cheaper and come in more interesting varieties than mail order transplants...

By Margaret Roach

Stearns, the founder of High Mowing Organic Seeds).

There are some things I And who helped me unnever forget: Where each derstand the finer points of plant in my garden came from. growing onions from seed: Who unlocked the secret of Don Tipping, the founder of successfully growing carrots Siskiyou Seeds, an organic, for me (John Navazio, then farm-based seed company in a senior scientist at Organic Oregon.

Seed Alliance). Who shared Tipping, who started the the best strategy for keeping company in 1997, likewise tomato diseases at bay (Tom recalls the provenance of each New York Times

piece of tactical wisdom he inherited from others, offering a grateful nod to mentors along with his instruction.

His onion teachings include insights from two well-known organic farmers, one from either coast, and aphorisms from older traditions.

“The best fertilizer is the gardener’s own shadow,” he said, repeating a Chinese

proverb that isn’t onion-specific, but advises us to be observant. Rather than getting swept up in a flurry of chores, it counsels us to mindfully read the signals about what each particular crop needs.

It was by chance, about a decade ago, that Tipping and I got to talking onions, or Allium cepa. We might instead have discussed any of the other open-pollinated vegetables, flowers and herbs (culinary and medicinal) that he was working with — breeding projects that have yielded vividly colorful flour corn, like Oregon Blue and Siskiyou Pink, and a super-hardy Scotch curled kale known as Alive Vates.

Lately, he’s been busy nudging cactus-type zinnias to fanciful extremes — among them, a fantastically frizzled fuchsia selection called Crazy Legs and others that approximate the look of undersea anemones (his Tidepool Mix).

Siskiyou, a family-run operation at an elevation of 2,000 feet in the Siskiyou Mountains of southwest Oregon, near the California border, has close to 1,000 varieties in its collection, about 700 available in any given year.

There are other offerings, as well: For 26 years, Tipping has provided training for organic gardeners and farmers, and he is an enthusiastic creator of a long-running blog and how-to videos on YouTube.

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Since 1985

may seem like we’re just selling seeds,” he said. “But really what we’re doing is providing a service: We’re facilitating the experience of gardening.”

When we first met, Tipping had been tinkering for more than a dozen years with Walla Walla Sweet Onion, among the best-known Northern-adapted sweet Spanish varieties. His enthusiasm about the progress he had made, resulting in a selection he called Siskiyou Sweet, sparked our initial conversation — and my interest in trying to grow onions from seed.

Since then, I haven’t bought mail-order onion seedlings (those $15 or $20 bundles of 50 transplants). Instead, for maybe $5 a packet of 100 or so seeds, I can choose from a much wider range of sizes, shapes, colors and flavors than I would be able to if I were buying transplants (or onion sets, those small bulbs that are the other possible starting point).

In addition to a basic yellow workhorse like Newburg, you might try a strong-flavored red like Rossa di Milano and some choice little flattened, round Cipollini types like Borettana, an Italian heirloom dating to the 1400s, or the torpedo-shaped red Cipolla di Tropea. Be sure to grow one specifically rated for long storage, too — perhaps Front Range Yellow Globe — to keep you in homegrown onions for months.

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Space-saving tips

By Cathy Hobbs

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With space at a premium, many people are looking to maximize their home environment as much as possible. Whether it’s to accommodate a home office or in-home classroom space for children or just create extra space to relax and unwind maximizing one’s home foot print is more important than ever.

The reality is, there are certain shapes that lend themselves better than others as far as saving space. Knowing how to make a space feel bigger as opposed to closed in and stuffed can also hinge on selecting pieces of the right shape and material. When looking to maximize space, here are some tips to help get you started.

• Select glass as opposed to wood for surfaces. Glass and transparency automatically add a sense of airiness to a space.

Space saving shapes such as a round dining table and coffee tables help to make a living room feel more open and spacious. (HANDOUT / TNS)

• Round shapes as opposed to those that are rectangular or square help to preserve space and make a room feel more spacious.

• A single piece of furniture to “ground” a space can help to prevent a room that may feel cluttered or cramped.

• Light colors as opposed to dark colors or dark tones will help to make as space feel more open, spacious and fresh.

• In a children’s room, single nightstands or desks can serve as a space saving technique.

• Mirrors can help to make ceilings feel taller and higher.

• Artwork hung vertically can help to add height to a space.

• Raising the location of where drapery is hung above a window can help add a sense of volume to a space.

• Using furniture of a

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Terry & Kim Kovel | Antiques & Collecting

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Old furniture made to stand test of time

T’S A CURRENT TREND to buy inexpensive old furniture and paint, decorate or otherwise alter it into something new. Some people may see this as disrespectful to history, but it’s a practice that has been going on for hundreds of years. After all, access to mass-produced “fast furniture” is a recent development; historically, everyday items like furniture and clothing were made to last, handed down for generations and altered to suit changing fashions.

Furniture of the Victorian era (about 1830-1900) came in many styles, all of which were elaborately decorated.

Sometimes, earlier furniture in simpler styles like Queen Anne or Chippendale was re-carved or had veneers or inlay added to fit newer, fancier fashions.

More recently, the reverse has become more common: paint is stripped off or carvings are planed away to suit more modern, simpler tastes.

Repainting old furniture is nothing new. This cabinet was made This secretaire cabinet, around 1830, but the elaborate decorations were added later. which sold at a Bonhams auc- (COWLES SYNDICATE INC.) tion in London, is an excellent example of the earlier trend of “W.N. McLane.” Are the X’s is known as an advertising making furniture more elabo- in place of the signature, or mascot more so than a comic rate. It was made around 1830, in addition to it? “XX” is the strip character. Memorabilia during the reign of William IV, Roman numeral for 20, so it is is popular enough to have its but the auction catalog’s depossible that they are meant own section in Kovels’ Price scription included a salesroom as a date (20th century) or a Guide. Our 2023 Price Book notice saying, “the japanned number (e.g., the painting may lists Buster Brown memorabilia decoration ... is evidently of a be the 20th in a series). “X” can with values from $63 (a Good later date.” Japanning is a type also stand for a kiss in informal Luck horseshoe bank) to $3,328 of painted finish that imitates communication, so it may have (a pin advertising Buster Brown the lacquer used by artisans in been a personalized message Bread with a picture of Ty Cobb China and Japan. It was often for the painting’s recipient. An as well as Buster and Tige). You used with gilt and colorful art museum or gallery in your may want to contact the Andecorations, as shown here. area may be able to help you tique Advertising Association of The added decorations may find more information.

America (www.pastimes.org), have contributed to the cabia national club for collectors. net’s appeal; it sold for 7,650 I am in possession of There are many auctions that pounds, or about $9,274. various original Buster specialize in antique adverBrown memorabilia which tising, pop culture, toys and I bought an original I would like to auction or other relevant areas. Some painting, oil on board by sell. Was wondering if you also provide appraisal services. artist W.N. McLane (Wilcan put me in touch with Look into Antique Advertising liam McLane, born in someone who might be (www.antiqueadvertising.

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A maker’s name or mark, patent date or serial number are helpful details. There are many books about identifying antique clocks; look for them at your library. Once you have identifying information, check price guides like Kovel’s or look at antique stores and shows or online auction results to see what similar clocks sell for.

Clocks sell at most antique and estate auctions. If there is a clock repair service in your area, they may be able to help you. You may also want to contact the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors (www.nawcc.org) for more information.

TIP: Never wash lacquered wood. Just wipe it clean with a damp cloth. Water could seep into the base wood and cause damage.

CURRENT PRICES 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.

Cut glass, decanter, silver stopper, flute pattern, intaglio thistle, ray cut vase, 9 x 6 inches, $70.

World War II, poster, Button Your Lip, Loose Talk Can Cost Lives, red ground, black and white picture, lithograph, frame, Otto Soglow, 1942, 20 x 14 inches, $130.

Redware, ewer, yellow and red marbled glaze, side handles, hidden spout, baluster shape body, early 19th century, 12 1/2 inches, $140.

Basket, Northwest Coast, rectangular, stripes, scene of canoes and fish, wrapped handles, Native American, early 20th century, 7 1/2 x 13 inches, $150.

Rug, Lilihan, red field, flower sprays, leaves, navy blue border, palmettes, wool, cotton, 60 x 42 inches, $250.

Furniture, chair, side, Vernis Martin, painted back rest, Rococo style scene, gilt, scrolls, pierced back, seat cushion, 1930s, 37 1/2 x 17 inches, $255.

Garden, sundial, brass, square, inscribed dial, Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel center sun, “Tyme passeth answer readers’ questions sent to as a shadowe” underneath, the column. Send a letter with one dated 1656, felt backing, 8 question describing the size, ma- 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches, $345. terial (glass, pottery) and what Lamp, library, dome shade, you know about the item. Include cranberry glass, opalesonly two pictures, the object and a cent hobnail, brass frame, closeup of any marks or damage. hanging prisms, pierced Be sure your name and return leafy vines, Victorian, 46 1/2 address are included. By sending inches, $375. a question, you give full permisCarousel, horse, prancsion for use in any Kovel proder, light brown, spotted, multicolor saddle, wood, uct. Names, addresses or email painted, marked, Lyle addresses will not be published.

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30-year US mortgage rate falls to 6.6%

By Alex Veiga

Associated Press

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell this week to its lowest level since May, welcome news for prospective homebuyers facing rising home prices and intense competition for relatively few properties on the market.

The average rate on a 30year mortgage dropped to 6.6% from 6.66% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.15%.

The decline, which follows two weeks of increases, brings the average rate down to the lowest level it’s been in since late May, when it was 6.57%.

Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loans, also eased this week, dropping the average rate to 5.76% from 5.87% last week. A year ago, it averaged 5.28%, Freddie Mac said.

“This is an encouraging development for the housing market and in particular first-time homebuyers who are sensitive to changes in housing affordability,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. “However, as purchase demand continues to thaw, it will put more pressure on already depleted inventory for sale.”

Home loan borrowing costs have been mostly coming down since late October, after the average rate on a 30-year mortgage surged to 7.79%, the highest level since late 2000.

The average rate remains sharply higher than just two years ago, when it was 3.56%.

That large gap between rates now and then has helped limit the number of previously occupied homes on the market by discouraging homeowners who locked in rock-bottom rates from selling.

Still, the broad decline in SEE RATES, PAGE F9

Deeds

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estate, to Revampit LLC, 49 Pondview Drive, $140,000.

AGAWAM Cindy L. White to Esther Rogers, 42 Reed St., $308,000.

AMHERST Katherine M. Arms to 17 Salem Place LLC, 17 Salem Place, $290,000.

Lisa Jacquinet, representative, Alice A. Galerneau, estate, and Alice A. Galarneau, estate, to Joel P. Kupeyan, Andrei Urgin and Yelena Kupeyan, 101 Blanchwood Ave., $220,000.

Thomas P. Urban and Jean L. Sabourin to Anthony Wheeler and Lauren Wheeler, 21 Luther St., $326,000.

Tina Vey, personal representative, and Josephine M. Kord, estate, to John Gary Bernhard, trustee, and John Gary Bernhard Declaration of Trust, 25 Greenleaves Drive, $360,000.

William J. Sicard and James A. Sicard to Braulio D. Pinto Maldonado, 77 Norman St., $260,000.

Pine Street Partners LLC, to Vladimir Gotlieb, 10 Pine St., $615,000.

Steven E. Johnson to Gretchen Ravenhurst, West Leyden Road, $12,500.

BLANDFORD Gilbert Baguma and Nancy Amito to Raphael Ssebaka, 0 Woronoco Road, $52,000.

BRIMFIELD Todd R. Burke and Deborah M. Burke to Grigorii Novitckii, 1222 Dunhamtown Brimfield Road, $475,000.

BUCKLAND

COLRAIN

Peter J. Danyluk, trustee of the Danyluk Realty Trust, to Daniel Patrick Murphy and Meagan Murphy, 39 Sawmill Plain Road, $417,000.

EASTHAMPTON

Gillian Szlachetka Dubay, representative, and Elaine M. Bednarz,

Lydia Rivera, Lidia Rivera and Juan Velez to Next Level Energy LLC, 210 Pine St., $248,000.

JLN Properties LLC, to Keith Bradway and Felicia Bradway, Carver Street, $30,000.

Marc G. Gurvitch, representative, Sarah A. Gurvitch, representative, and John Meyer Gurvitch, estate, to Danna Beltre De Colon and Jose Colon, 294 Cabot St., $265,000.

JLN Properties LLC, to Keith Bradway and Felicia Bradway, Carver Street, $75,000.

GRANVILLE HUNTINGTON

Charlcy G. Oleksak to Terrence M. Shea, 0 Water Street, $1,800.

Brian Kopinto to Jose L. Acevedo-Rivera and Michal L. Isenberg, 9 Basket St., $229,000.

Gina Beery to Travis Searles, 1251 Main Road, $385,000.

GREENFIELD

LONGMEADOW Andrea S. Martin to Jillian Kirastoulis, 41 Bel-Air Drive, $420,000.

Elizabeth Jones Hayes, trustee, Elizabeth J. Hayes, trustee, Robert Bruce Hayes, trustee, and Bruce Richard Hayes Trust, trustee of, to Matthew Bruce and Colleen Bruce, 312 Blueberry Hill Road, $410,000.

Revocable Trust, to Joyce Lanciani and Steven Lanciani, 51 Orchard St., $370,000.

Stuart D Weissman and Jocelyn Tobin to James Trubia and Joanne Trubia, 221 Meadowlark Dr., $410,000.

Bridgitte R. Cochran and Francine L. Schrock to Kevin J. O’Neil, 49 Oak Hill Acres, $335,000.

LUDLOW

Antonio D. Palatino, Antonio Domingos Palatino and Aurea D. Palatino Heather A. Webb, trustee, and to Vanessa Roxo and Sergio Andre Frank & Phyllis Watson Irrevocable Dias, 393 State St., $312,250.

Trust, trustee of, to Jonathan D. Laurie A. Nadeau-Stout, Lisa M. Maciorowski, 66 Greenleaf Drive, Maynard and Tina M. Nadeau to $370,000.

Beth M. Kirkland, 308 Miller St.,

HAMPDEN

Christopher M. Roy to Tiara L. Ortiz, 94-96 Bonner St., $285,000. Paula J. Della Bernarda to Joseph Richard Gentile and Kaitlyn Marie Eileen M. Fydenkevez, Joseph T. Gentile, 468 East St., $401,000.

Fydenkevez, James J. Fydenkevez,

Quality Beverage Limited Partnership and Wetterau Associates Inc., to Burnett Road Property LLC, 880 Burnett Road, $6,020,000.

Brian Devine and Kayleen Devine to Derick Anthony Seibold, 45 Lawler St., $315,000.

John F. Shultis and Marcia Shultis to Andrew Scott Barisano and Jaime Recore Jackman, “fka” Jaime Jacquelyn Robin Barisano, Pickett Lane, $54,000.

Recore, and Jeremy Jackman to John McAvene and Alexandra Susan E. Maniatty Watters, “aka” Williams, 34 Mathews Road, Susan Maniatty Watters, trustee $413,590. of the Christopher S. Maniatty

EAST LONGMEADOW

Katherine M. Vaillancourt and Cynthia L Clough to Laurel R. Miller and Richard F. Rogers, 98 Greenwood Terrace, Unit 6023B, $207,500.

Drew E. Powers and Kristina S. Powers to Katherine MacLennan and Otto Franklin Garver, 96 Cold Hill Road, $651,900.

DEERFIELD

Brian C. Rose to David Dolinger Few and Lauren Dolinger Few, Hog Pah Properties LLC, to Sarah Hollow Road, $798,500.

Rose Bizzotto, 1 Jennifer Lane, $369,900.

CHICOPEE

Xiaoyi Ye to Holyoke Haven Properties LLC, 114 Brown Ave., $950,000.

GRANBY

Nancy L. Hall to Jeffrey Brown, 86 Everett St., $275,000.

James E. Barnett Jr., and Mary M. Gagnon to Michael K. Gonda, 19 Harvey St., $367,500.

GOSHEN Francis D. Judd to Albert D. Judd, Sugar Maple Lane, $57,600.

Unit 25, $390,000.

HOLLAND

Wolf Realty LLC, to Y & S Properties LLC, 23 Oregon Road, $247,000.

Donna J. Cocaine to Jacob Singvongsa and Phet Singvongsa, 68 North Wales Road, $261,000.

MONSON

Renee Couture and Renee Murphy to Kylie Mae Packard, 8 Amber Road, $380,000.

Smith Family Trust Of 2016, trustee of, Charles A. Smith, trustee, and Theresa G. Smith, trustee, to Scott O. Kenyon Jr., and Crystal Kenyon, Old Reed Road, $100,000.

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11 tools you should always have in your home 3. PAPER CLIPS

From dying batteries in a smoke alarm to other unexpected emergencies

By Laura Daily

The Washington Post

Being awakened at 3 a.m. by a smoke detector chirping because of dying batteries, discovering that a tire is low when you’re late for an appointment, or losing the pin in the hinge of your eyeglasses don’t rank as full-blown disasters. But these annoying inconveniences can upend your schedule and leave you scrambling for a fix. That can mean scheduling a costly after-hours service call, cooling your heels at a repair shop or going without something until a professional can help.

I’ve learned, though, that when things go sideways, it’s helpful to have some relatively inexpensive items around that can allow you to fix small problems yourself, or at least buy you time until you can enlist a pro to remedy the situation. Here’s a list of things to keep handy, based on my experience and recommenda-

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MONTAGUE Robert L. Boulanger to Christopher T. Goldhill and Natalie J. Goldhill, 51 Swamp Road, $300,000.

NEW SALEM Mark Svetaka to Joseph D. West, 178 West St., $285,000.

NORTHAMPTON Anne Daignault, trustee, and Anne Daignault Family Trust to Meredith Henry and Christopher W. Henry, 5 Mountain Laurel Path, $455,000.

Bonnie Gruszecki, Margaret R. Gruszecki and Margaret M. Wynne to Bonnie Gruszecki and Margaret R. Gruszecki, 138 Overlook Drive, $100.

Ian D. Premo and Melissa D. Premo to Thomas F. Kelly, 21 Bliss St., $249,608.

These come in handy to create a temporary zipper pull, necklace clasp or, with some adhesive tape, splint for a broken finger or toe. They are also a great way to reattach an arm to your eyeglasses.

Unwind a sturdy paper clip and thread it through the hole in the hinge to replace a lost pin. Wrap it around once and break off any excess so you don’t accidentally scratch yourself.

tions from friends, colleagues and professionals.

1. BATTERIES

Most people keep extra AA and AAA batteries on hand, but it’s worth having a stash of 9-volts — the size used in many smoke and carbon monoxide detectors — around as well. Even hard-wired smoke detectors have a 9V battery backup. And odds are that when one goes, the others will soon follow, subjecting you to a symphony of incessant chirping until they are replaced. It might also be worth having extra C batteries in your arsenal. My new wireless window and door alarm sensors are powered by type Cs. When they get low — typically after 12 to 18 months, you can pay for your alarm company to send out a technician to replace them (in my case a $99 service fee) or DIY. I choose the latter.

NORTHFIELD John Kalas and Margaret Kalas to Amy A. Byron and David R. Byron, 20 Riverview Drive, $341,000.

ORANGE Austin Mercier and Chevyonne S. Mercier to Marwa Al-Rebaueei, 222 West River St., $273,000.

Virginia Realty Inc., to Abdullah Usman, Holtshire Road, $32,500.

Jeffrey D. Stowell, trustee of the Bessie A. Stowell Irrevocable Trust, to Danielle Barboza and Cory Rathier, 50 Clifton St., $265,000.

Fred L. Heyes to Billie Ann Tedesco and Joseph H. Tedesco, trustees of the Tedesco Family Trust, Royalston Road, $148,000.

PALMER

4. DUCT TAPE

Homeowners should keep extra batteries on hand in case the batteries in their smoke alarm die at an inconvenient time.

2. AIR COMPRESSOR

When outdoor temperatures swing dramatically between hot and cold, it can affect your tire pressure. Tires that look fully inflated one day can look flat the next, possibly causing your car’s low-pressure indicator to come on. This is a frequent issue in Colorado, where I live. I invested in an

PELHAM Glenna G. Fecher to Glenna Gorbet Fecher, trustee, and Glenna Gorbet Fecher Living Trust, 124 North Valley Road, $100.

electric air inflater for about $75.

It’s easy to use and allows me to quickly add pressure wherever I am. And if you notice a nail or screw has punctured the tire, you can at least pump the tire up enough to drive to a repair shop without having to change the tire or wait for a tow truck.

SOUTH HADLEY Christine Hamel to Gavin Ulias and Danielle Ulias, 20 Washington Ave., $285,000.

Julian Jocque, Cara Jocque and Cara Peterhansel to Kristina S. Powers, 47 Susan Ave., $295,000.

Alma Construction Co. LLC, to Dennis Omar Guerrero, 40B Mt. Dumplin St., $206,250.

Christopher E. Flynn and Patricia A. Flynn to Ryan Randall, 19 Upper River Road, $619,900.

Emily E. Labarre to Patrick J. Cavanaugh, 123 State St., $315,000.

Deborah G. Eaton, trustee, Walter B. Bruce, trustee, and Revocable

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Indenture of Trust of Deborah G. Eaton to Vikktoria Harrison and Bruce Harrison, 61 College St., $735,000.

Edward F. Grant to JoeJoe Properties LLC, 127 Millbrook Road, $168,000.

Carolyn L. Couture to Carolyn L. Couture, trustee, and Carolyn Couture Family Trust, 17 Red Bridge Lane, $100.

First Landing Investments LLC, to Abdallah Mosa Abdelmohsen Alwreikat, 410 Allen St., $163,000.

SHELBURNE First Congregational Church of Southampton UCC, “aka” First Congregational Church of Southampton Massachusetts, and the trustees of the First Congregational Church of Southampton UCC, to John Talbot, “aka” John M. Talbot, 298 Brook Road, $7,000.

This strong, flexible and super-sticky problem-solver can be used to patch cracks, rips, tears and holes on garden hoses, trash cans, tarps, tennis shoes and more. Jennifer Lawler, of Los Angeles, says she once used it to keep a broken handle on her refrigerator functioning for months while her landlord tried to find a replacement. And Catherine Aceto, of Pittsburgh, says she keeps duct tape in her car for “when you rip your bumper

SOUTHAMPTON

Gadiel Ruiz, representative, Edayn Ruiz Medina, estate, and Edayn Ruiz, estate, to Dayanalee A. Ruiz, 187 Denver St., $219,020.

Michel R. Laliberte, Michel R. LalHP Rum LLC, to Forest Park Apartiberte, trustee, and Laliberte Realty ments LLC, 70-78 Belmont Ave., Trust to Edgardo Sanchez and Emma $4,300,000.

Sanchez, 3 Rosalie Lane, $410,000.

J & S LLC, to Luz Quinonez and Luz Daviau & Robert Properties LLC, Ocasio, 85 Hayden Ave., $175,000. to Adam P. Dunne and Meagan E. James W. Gelinas, representative, Dunne, 18 Crooked Ledge Road, and Lorraine A. McKain, estate, to $611,990.

Livingwater Capital LLC, 50 Burton St., $225,000.

SOUTHWICK

Hamelin Framing Inc., to Shahil Patel and Nikita S. Patel, 4 Tall Pines Trail, $160,000.

SPRINGFIELD Antigoni M. Proctor and Charles Proctor to Kwadwo A. Mireku and Kwadwo Amoakoh Mireku, 28 Langdon St., #30, $330,000.

Jeannette Barbosa to First Landing Investments LLC, 410 Allen St., $147,500.

Jeffrey Donaruma to Winslow Suarez, 97 Hadley St., $300,000.

Joanna Bianchi, trustee, and Bobo Realty Trust, trustee of, to Jeremie Bembury, 385 Worthington St., Unit 3G, $155,000.

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of United Windows Pro, recommends keeping heavy-duty clear plastic CONTINUES FROM PAGE F8 sheeting around in case a loose on a curb.” window breaks. It’s available at home improvement stores; look for 6 mil or 5. ELECTRICAL TAPE thicker. Ensure a tight seal by Lawler says she once used pairing it with — what else? — this sticky, flexible black robust duct tape. I can attest adhesive to keep a frayed that this works. Years ago, laptop charger working while when a tree branch crashed she was on a trip to Europe. through my home’s skylight It also makes a great patch during a snowstorm, some for grips on sports equipment plastic sheeting and the help or tools. I even wrapped the of a kind sheriff ’s deputy black leather strap of my fa- helped mitigate the damage vorite handbag with electri- until I could call my roofer. cal tape when the stitching started to unravel to hold it 9. CORK STOPPERS together until I could get it to a repair shop.

If you have a cracked sink or bathtub plug that’s causing a leak or prevents the tub 6. FIXD SENSOR from filling, cork stoppers, When your vehicle’s available at many home check engine light comes improvement and hardware on, it silently nags you and stores, are the perfect size to makes you wonder whethwedge in drains for a quick er it’s something minor or fix until new plugs come, your car is on the verge of a says Lindsey Chastain, breakdown. Erin Lawrence, founder and CEO at The a reviewer at Tech Gadgets Waddle and Cluck.

International, keeps a FIXD car code reader ($40) in 10. HEAVY-DUTY ALUMINUM her vehicle. “FIXD is a way FOIL to tell if a warning light on your car is minor or serious Most people have this without finding a mechanpantry staple on hand anyic,” she says. “It connects way. It can be used to create to your car’s OBD2 port (on temporary patches and seals board diagnostics) under on damaged exhaust pipes, your dashboard. Just plug it hoses and more. “Foil shapes in and use the app to see ex- easily to wrapped connecactly what your car is trying tions, preventing leaks and to tell you. It’s like a pocket blockages until replacetranslator for your car.” ments arrive,” Chastain says.

7. LEATHERMAN MULTI-TOOL

Ali Smith, founder and CEO of Rebarkable, says her Leatherman multi-tool (these start at $40), which includes a knife, scissors, screwdriver, tweezers, nail file and more, keeps her day on track. “Having one of these handy little things has helped me bend a phone charger back to shape, pull a splinter and re-screw a chair leg back into place,” she says.

8. HEAVY-DUTY PLASTIC SHEETING

George Matusyan, owner and operational manager

11. WET-DRY VACUUM

Brian Vastola, of Wake Forest, North Carolina, says that having an inexpensive 2.5-gallon wet-dry vacuum has helped him many times.

“I saved a ton of money on water damage, especially for my wood floors and those pesky second-floor leaks that damage the first-floor ceiling. I’ve used my vacuum when the air conditioner leaked, when the refrigerator filter leaked, when installing a new garbage disposal and when the toilet leaked,” he says. Corded models run $30 to $75; cordless ones start around $100.

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Rates

back in the 10-year Treasury yield, which lenders use as a guide to pricing loans. The CONTINUES FROM PAGE F7 yield, which in mid October news for homebuyers, as surged to its highest level it boosts their purchasing since 2007, has come down power at a time when home on hopes that inflation has prices have kept climbing cooled enough for the Federrising despite a deep housal Reserve to shift to cutting ing market slump. Sales of interest rates this year. previously occupied U.S. The central bank has homes sank more than 19% indicated it will likely cut through the first 11 months of rates several times in 2024 last year. because inflation has been The decline in mortgage cooling since its peak two rates has followed a pullsummers ago. Uncertainty

remains, however, on how many cuts the Fed may deliver this year and how soon it would begin.

If rates continue to ease, as many economists expect, that should help boost demand heading into the spring homebuying season, which traditionally begins in late February.

Still, at this point, economists generally predict the average rate on a 30-year mortgage going no lower than 6%.

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Matthew K. Berndt and Avola F. Berndt to Megan Benway, 92 Meadow St., $249,900.

CONTINUES FROM PAGE F8 Jose A. Laboy and Carmen R. Ramirez-Laboy to Jose Ramirez, 58-60 Avon Place, $280,000.

Joseph M. Santaniello to Bernoulli Louissaint, 877 Belmont Ave., $410,000.

Li Qiao Zhu to Wei Qiang Ni, 270 Berkshire Ave., $200,000.

LLC, 116 North Main St., $87,000.

WARE Donald J. Hawes Sr., to Donald J. Hawes Sr., and Susan K. Buban, 26 Gilbertville Road, $100.

WENDELL Justin Fellows to John T. Fountain, 55 Plain Road, $375,000.

Mary Ann Webster, representative, WEST SPRINGFIELD William Rey Negron, estate, William Lori A. Perella to Brian Devine and Rey Negron Jr., estate, and William Negron, estate, to Nicholas Raleigh, Kayleen Devine, 68 Jeffrey Lane, $565,000.

212 Almira Road, $206,000.

Norman Couture, trustee, and Rock Olga Kioroglo, representative, Nikolay Sergevich Mostovoy, estate, and Ridge Trust, trustee of, to Viktor Nikolay Mostovoy, estate, to Tara B. Savonin, 0 Connecticut Avenue, Rai and Alina Rai, 39 Worthen St., $38,000. $268,000.

Roberto Cardona to Maria R. ChimPatrick M. Daggett and Patrick borazo, 653 Carew St., $174,000.

O’Toole to Alexandru Pascal and Samuel Rivera and Xiaotang Liang Alona Pascal, 120-122 Hillside Ave., to Peter Williams and Gloria Spear- $365,000. man, 84-86 Morris St., $258,000.

Vanity Bryant to Scott Felt and DanStephen M. Reilly to Kevin J. Reilly, ielle Felt, 2 Dewey St., $290,000.

122-124 Hamburg St., $550,000.

Walter Peret Jr., and Roman J. Peret Yellowbrick Property LLC, to to Christine Hamel, 70 Colony Yokasta Rodriguez and Altagracia Road, Unit 70, $155,000.

Rodriguez De Baez, 44 Revere St., $319,000.

Zuleika M. Schmitz and Zuleika M. Figueroa to Peter Bien-Aime, 63 Beaumont St., $345,000.

SUNDERLAND Roger R. Gosselin and Ronald M. Rodak to Second Shift Partners

WESTFIELD

Christine A. Bejune to Tina-Marie Faunce and Galen S. Frank-Bishop, 10 Cottage Ave., $320,000.

Donald P. W. Sicard Sr., and Mary-Joanne Sicard to Eugene John Witczak and Sarah Witczak, 10 Heggie Drive, $410,000.

WESTHAMPTON Susan A. Cole, trustee, Elizabeth J. Cole, trustee, and Letitia A. Cole Living Trust to Susan A. Cole, trustee, Valerie Haggerty, trustee, and Letitia A. Cole Living Trust, Loudville Road, $8,400.

Greenbrier Estates LP, to Valerie Haggerty, trustee, and Letitia A. Cole Living Trust, 11 Loudville Road, $565,600.

Peter F. Dellert to Kiara M. Vigil and Blake C. Johnson, Pomeroy Meadow Road, $87,500.

WILBRAHAM Brian K. Fitzgerald, representative, and Robert J. Fitzgerald, estate, to Jaiminkumar Patel, 795 Stony Hill Road, $451,000.

Rosinski Realty Inc., and Rosnski Realty Inc., to Shane Linscott and Nicole Bieniek, 119 Silver St., $655,000.

William J. Kern II, and Lisa M. Kern to Jamie Marie Schwarz and Timothy Young Hunter, 34 Decorie Drive, $445,000.

WORTHINGTON Heywood Farms Nominee Trust and Lori Edwards, trustee, to Deidre J. Johnson and Joseph A. Rafferty, 184 Cudworth Road, $2,000,000.

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onion matched to your region or, specifically, your latitude.

Onions are categorized according to the hours of daylight each variety requires to initiate bulb formation. In the South, where onions are typically sown in the fall and transplanted to harvest in late spring, short-day varieties are the choice; in the Northeast, where bulb formation happens in the summer from spring transplants, longday varieties are indicated.

Intermediate-day types suit the middle latitudes.

Hold the cell packs Onions are one of the first crops sown during indoor seed-starting season in the Northeast — around early February — and are ready for transplant eight to 10 weeks later. At Siskiyou, seedlings get their start in a greenhouse; home gardeners can grow theirs under lights.

Giant onions are not Tipping’s end game. And cell packs — those commonly used seed-starting trays with individual compartments — are not his starting point.

Instead, he sows seeds into open flats — shallow boxes without compartments — for less restricted root growth, which pays off especially when early spring weather is unsettled and the seedlings must wait a couple of extra weeks before being liberated into the open ground.

“They’d suffer if they had to be held back like that in cells,” he said.

His flats are homemade, of wood, but commercial plastic ones with drainage holes will do, with a tray to catch water underneath.

Tipping fills each flat with a homemade potting mix of about 10 parts well-aged compost to one part sand, which improves the drainage and helps limit surface algae growth and damping-off disease. To every wheelbarrow load, he adds about a quart of crushed eggshells (for calcium) and a similar amount of seaweed powder (for trace elements).

After filling the flats, he uses his finger or a piece of wood

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transplant stage than onions, perhaps 10 to 12 weeks.

With leeks, he avoids cluster planting. At transplant time, he makes 6-inch-deep furrows, like small trenches, spacing an individual seedling every 10 or 12 inches within them.

“We plant them at the bottom of the furrow, leaving the ridges to hill the plants up at the first weeding time,” he said. That hilling up promotes leeks with longer white shanks. Older varieties, like Ester Cook and Falltime, are among Tipping’s favorites.

At the farm, he leaves a foot between rows of Allium to allow for easy weeding with the 6-inch blade of a stirrup hoe.

In the backyard, where you’re more likely to be hand weeding, each onion cluster could be planted on an 8- or 10-inch grid in each direction.

Weeding, Tipping noted, is something onions will require.

At Siskiyou, they are weeded three times a season. Just look at their structure, he said: Unlike, say, a lettuce seedling, which forms a rosette of leaves that shade and basically mulch the ground around the plant, vertical onions have no such built-in way to outcompete weeds.

“You can grow weeds or you can grow onions, but you can’t grow both,” he said, crediting Warren Weber, considered the Leek seedlings — including the older variety Falltime, which Siskiyou Seeds keeps in producgodfather of organic farming tion — are transplanted singly into furrows and hilled up once to encourage a longer white in California, with the critical shank. (JACK SEBRINE VIA NEW YORK TIMES) reminder that it will be up to to make four or five parallel more than a few such robust as large as a pound each — or the gardener or farmer to give furrows lengthwise across the seedlings in mail-order bunsometimes more than two the onions the advantage they surface. Into those furrows he dles. pounds. But “who wants, or require. sows eight or 10 seeds an inch, needs, a 2-pound onion, or even One more tip: Think about Transplanting in clusters covering them with about a a pound?” he said. “We aim for “harvesting sequentially,” quarter-inch of the potting mix.

The seedlings’ eventual des- half-pound bulbs.”

Tipping said. Don’t wait to Each flat sown that way tination is a sunny location in A tactic he learned from enjoy your onions until all of may yield several hundred well-drained, fertile soil.

Eliot Coleman, the influential the bulbs have reached full transplants of a single onion.

“We spread a half-inch to an Maine-based organic farmer size and the tops have begun to Gardeners who don’t need that inch dressing of compost on all and author, steers the seedlings yellow and fall over, signaling many can modify the layout: the onion beds,” Tipping said. in that direction. Instead of readiness — especially if you’re Perhaps make just two or three “Because they’re an inefficient planting each one individually, growing sweet Spanish types. rows, one for each variety, or feeder, they need the fertility he scoops up a few at a time Try harvesting some when make shorter furrows across right there to achieve good from the flat and plants them the tops are still green, for the width of the tray, one for size.” (If you like, he said, you “in little clusters, two or three so-called spring onions, whose each type of onion. Because can substitute organic fertilto a hole.” immature bulbs tend to be most of us are handling far less izer for compost; apply at the Depth-wise, “just get the more delicate in flavor. The seed than someone planting on recommended rate on the white part underground — tops make a great substitute a farm scale, we can take our package.) that’s a good indicator mark,” for scallions. Or maybe make time and sow less thickly.

At transplant time, another he said, referring to the spot onion-leaf pesto, he suggested.

“If you are able to space them decision affecting bulb size where the roots and bulb-to-be Either way, you can claim out to about four seeds per comes into play. meet the green of the leaves. credit for the main ingredient, inch,” Tipping said, “then you Some varieties Tipping grows, Tipping starts leeks (Allium from seed to table. can really get pencil-diameter like the heirloom Ailsa Craig porrum) in open flats, too. But This article originally appeared transplants.” You rarely get and his Siskiyou Sweet, can get they take longer to reach the in The New York Times.

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PUBLIC AUCTION

FRIDAY, JANUARY 26TH AT 11:00 A.M. TRUSTEE’S SALE

• 2023 KIA SOUL • MATTHEW L. KATON (IN BANKRUPTCY CHAPTER 7, CASE NO. 23-40441-EDK) (MOVED FOR CONVENIENCE OF SALE TO)

31 CAPITAL DRIVE, WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA TO BE SOLD ON THE PREMISES

• 2023 Kia Soul 4 Dr. Wagon, Gas, AT, AC, Power Windows, AM/FM Radio, VIN # KNDJ23AU9P7194014, (43,143 Miles)• SALE PER ORDER OF U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT ATTORNEY GARY M. WEINER, TRUSTEE

WEINER LAW FIRM, P.C. 1441 MAIN STREET, SPRINGFIELD, MA. TERMS OF SALE: 25% DEPOSIT CASH OR CERTIFIED CHECK OTHER TERMS TO BE ANNOUNCED AT TIME OF SALE INSPECTION: MORNING OF SALE – 8:30 A.M. TO 11:00 A.M.

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE AT PUBLIC AUCTION

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Cats FREE KITTEN, black, female, short hair, 4 months, healthy & very playful. Call 413-788-8265 Kitten for sale, male, 2 month old, looks like a tiger, $175.00. Call for details 413-244-8046

Dogs 6 month old white puppy for sale. $300 or best offer. Call 413-966-9152

Westie/Beagle Puppies, 3 females, 2 males, vet checked, 1st vac.

Ready for Christmas $500.

Adult Beagle fem. 3 yrs old $200. 413-596-8190

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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 24, 2024 11:00 AM - DALTON, MA 356 NORTH STREET DEPOSIT $5,000

MONDAY JANUARY 29, 2024 9:00 AM - LUDLOW, MA 48 BAKER STREET DEPOSIT $5,000

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Yorkie puppy, traditional color, 9 wks old upto date with shots, dewormed, parents on premises. This puppy is going to be tiny.

Ready to go. $1900.

Call 413-777-3536

12:00 PM - CHICOPEE, MA 41 HILLMAN STREET DEPOSIT $5,000 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 $2.25 per box.

CALL 413-596-5783

2022 National Purple Heart $5 Gold Proof coin.

Issued by US mint, low mintage with box, COA, $650./best offer, call 413-426-7063

Queen Anne wing back chair, mauve, exc. cond. $50.00 Call 413-204-0226

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