Home and Garden, and Real Estate- June 09, 2024

What does it take to buy a house?

Increasingly, mom and dad.

By A bha B hattarai and F ederica C occo The Washington Post

Home buyers are increasingly turning to family members, most often parents, for help buying a house in overpriced and undersupplied markets, reflecting a shift in the way many families finance homeownership.

The share of young home buyers relying on older mortgage co-signers is as high as it has been in at least 30 years, according to a Freddie Mac analysis of its home loans. In 1994, 1.6 percent of first-time home buyers under 35 had a co-borrower age 55 or older. By 2022, after a pandemic-era spike, that figure had more than doubled to 3.7 percent, matching a high set in 2015. A separate analysis of federal mortgage data set by Redfin suggests the trend in co-signers above 55 years old on younger home buyers’ purchases picked up even more in 2023.

Meanwhile, the share of home buyers in their 20s, 30s and early 40s receiving financial help for a down payment is also rising, after declining for much of the past five years. Overall, 12 percent of home buyers relied on down payment help from friends and family as of April,

up from 9 percent last year, according to survey data from the National Association of Realtors. The youngest buyers — ages 25 to 33 — were the most likely to receive familial help, with nearly 1 in 4 receiving cash gifts or loans toward their purchases.

“The housing market is an incredibly unaffordable place right now,” said Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at Redfin, a national real estate brokerage. “People who are succeeding are coming in with a lot of cash and large down payments — and often, family support.”

The trend of more younger home buyers, who are more often first-timers, seeking parental help to reach a middle-class milestone is just the latest sign of growing disparities between younger generations and older ones who have had more opportunities over the past 20 years

equity in an otherwise out-of-reach housing market.

In 1994, 1.6 percent of first-time home buyers under 35 had a co-borrower age 55 or older. By 2022, after a pandemic-era spike, that figure had more than doubled to 3.7 percent, matching a high set in 2015.

José Matos, 24, searches for potential homes on Zillow alongside his mother Lizet Rodriguez at their home in Miami, Florida, on May 10. Matos has been house-hunting with Rodriguez — she is putting $50,000 for the downpayment and will co-sign the loan. Matos, who works as a tour guide in an art museum, makes monthly payments on the mortgage and says he's looking forward to building

GARDEN NOTES

EAST LONGMEADOW Garden Club presents scholarship

Branden Hrdlicka and his relatives attended the annual meeting of the East Longmeadow Garden Club on May 23 at the newly renovated Monkey House in Forest Park.

Diane Tiago, scholarship chair, presented Hrdlicka with a certificate representing the Esther A. Rosati Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,000.

Hrdlicka has completed his sophomore year at Westfield State University where he has chosen to major in two different areas, environmental science and regional planning.

STOCKBRIDGE Garden programs

Berkshire Botanical Garden presents these upcoming programs:

• Friday, June 14, 6 to 7 p.m., “Cross Talk: Byzantine & Nature.” Peter D. Gerakaris, artist on view at Berkshrie Botanical Garden and Kent dur Russell, Russian iconography scholar, will talk about their areas of expertise and then converse on what becomes the shared meaning between them while showcasing many time-honored processes — such as Byzantine painting and gilding with gold leaf on panel. A reception will follow. Gerakaris’ show, “Micro -

cosms,” is on view through Aug. 4 in the Leonhardt Gallery at Berkshire Botanical Garden. Kent dur Russell is the founding director of the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, Mass. Cost is $25 members, $40 nonmembers; • Saturday, June 15, 10 a.m.t to noon, “Principles and Practices of Biological Farming.” Join Dan Kittredge for an overview of the principles and practices of biological farming. Participation-based with questions and answers, the workshop is designed for growers and gardeners. Participants will grasp and apply innovative, reliable principles and practices for producing healthier, better-tasting food. Cost is $25 members, $40 nonmembers;

• Saturday, June 15, 10

a.m. to 3 p.m., “Plant and Place: Integrating a Botanical Still Life Foreground and Background.” Using a selection of potted plants from

Berkshire Botanical Garden’s greenhouse, Ann Getsinger will demonstrate the act of combining perspectives to create a cohesive connection between near and far, foreground and background, to create engaging compositions. This class will examine ways to create the appearance of space and relationship using light and dark forms, repeated shapes and colors,

shadows, soft and hard edges, and chromatic layering. The emphasis will be on experimentation, imagination, and play. A materials list will include colored pencils or a water-based medium of your personal preference (watercolors, acrylics or gouache); a surface to paint on; a palette; a variety of brushes, including a small mop brush; and a fine pointed brush. Bring along

any materials that you enjoy working with. Cost is $100 members, $120 nonmembers. To register for these programs or for more information, visit berkshirebotanical.org. Berkshire Botanical Garden is located at 5 West Stockbridge Road.

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Lee Reich | In the Garden

Seeds cause mystery and concern

GOT A COUPLE OF scares in the garden this season. No, not some woodchuck making its way past the dogs and then through some openings in the fences to chomp down a row of peas (which look especially vibrant this year, thank you). And no late frost to wipe out carefully tended tomato transplants.

The first scare came last week as I looked down on the bed where I had planted edamame a couple of weeks previously. No green showed in the bed, a stark contrast to the nearby bed planted at the same time with snap beans, the small plants enjoying the warm sunshine and neatly lined up four inches apart in two rows down the bed.

Scratching gingerly into the soil of the edamame bed did not reveal any seeds germinating whose shoots hadn’t yet made it above ground. In fact, I couldn’t find any seeds at all! Had I opened furrows and forgotten to plant seeds in them before covering the furrow? Doubtful, especially since I had planted another bed, still barren, in the other vegetable garden at the same time. Had a mouse or some other animal cruised underground enjoying a snack every four inches down the row?

That would be a very thorough rodent. Plus, he or she would have left a tunnel. Had the seeds rotted? Possibly, but that would be very quick for them to so thoroughly disappear. Had the seeds been old, which would make them more prone to rotting? I do save my own edamame seed every year, the variety Shirofumi, so that is a possibility. Except that I planted last year’s seed.

The mystery still exists but there was still time for action. I had additional Shirofumi seed left. Rather than just plant it, I’d test its germination, which I did by sprouting the seeds indoors. After an

overnight soak in a beaker, I poured off the water and then rinsed the seeds twice daily. As it turned out seed from 2018 and 2015 didn’t germinate at all.

Last year’s seed germinated very well, and I planted them while their root sprouts were still very short. One week later, the plants have emerged. But the mystery still exists.

The second scare of the season is seed-related but hypothetical. What if seeds are unavailable next year, or any year? Or, at least, seeds of some of the varieties I want to grow.

This fear is not all that hypothetical. A recent surge in interest in gardening made seeds harder to get.

And in years past, seeds of some of my favorite varieties of vegetables became difficult to find. Sweet Italia pepper, for instance, which I consider the best as far as flavor and early ripening for colder climates. My recourse has been to save my own seeds of these varieties for many years. In addition to Sweet Italia, I also save seed of Pink Pearl and Pennsylvania Dutch Butter popcorn, Otto File polenta corn, and, as mentioned above, Shirofumi edemame.

This season, the plan is to save seed of more vegetables.

A few guidelines will make seed-saving a success. First, I won’t save seed from “F-1 hybrids;” they are produced with selected, different parents, so the saved seed will not yield the same variety as the seed that is saved.

Selecting seeds from too few individuals can result in inbreeding depression, or generally weaker plants. So, my second guideline is to save a few seeds from a lot of plants, then combine them to put more genetic diversity into the seed packet. Saving seed from more than one plant also provides insurance just in case a seed plant dies.

Terry & Kim Kovel | Antiques & Collecting

20th century glassmakers continue old traditions

WITH THE INVENtion of the mechanical glass press in the 1800s, the glassmaking industry moved away from free-blown, hand-decorated pieces and embraced new ways to mass-produce inexpensive decorative glass. But not everyone wanted to leave the old ways behind.

Brothers Henry Thomas, Lorenzo, and William Elbert Clevenger were apprentices at the Moore Brothers Clayton Glass Works, where their father, William Henry, also worked. The Clayton Glass Works closed in 1912. In 1930, the Clevenger brothers constructed their own glass furnace in their backyard in Clayton, New Jersey. They used their training to make glass in the old-fashioned South Jersey style developed in the colonial years: free-blown vessels decorated with blobs or threads of glass applied by hand. They soon started making mold-blown glass, including reproductions of famous antique bottles like the Fislerville Jenny Lind calabash flask and the figural E.G. Booz whiskey bottle.

A Clevenger Brothers vase sold for $192 at an auction by Jeffrey S. Evans. It was free-blown, with a rough pontil mark as evidence. Its two handles, decorative glass blobs called lily pads, and the threading around its neck were applied by hand. The vase’s medium blue color is also faithful to the earlier glass traditions. It is still recognizable as a 20th-century piece; for one thing, Clevenger Brothers glass is usually heavier than pieces made in the 1700s and 1800s.

Q. I am writing you in the hopes that you can steer me to someone who might be interested in some china I own. I have eight place settings of the rose-colored Royal Staffordshire Charlotte Clarice

This medium blue vase was made in the early 20th century with techniques from the early days of American glassmaking. (JEFFREY S. EVANS VIA COWLES SYNDICATE INC.)

Cliff dishes. I have the dinner plates, salad plates, bread plates and all the cups and saucers. The best information I could find to date is that they were manufactured sometime between 1920 and 1929. I could find pieces available on the Internet but not a complete set.

A. Clarice Cliff started working for A.J. Wilkinson’s Royal Staffordshire Pottery in Burslem, England, in 1916. She is best known for her later art deco designs that she created when she had her own studio at Newport Pottery, like the Bizarre and Fantasque lines. Complete sets of china can be difficult to sell, but Clarice Cliff sells well. You could check antiques and consignment shops in your area to see if they sell similar items. You could contact an auction house. Selling your dishes to a matching service is another option.

Q. I have a set with a perfume bottle, compact and lipstick tube made of pearl. They are in a case that reads “Le Kid Paris” inside. What is its value?

A. “Le Kid” was created by the Marcel Franck perfume

company in Paris in 1926. It was the first purse-sized perfume atomizer. Individual Le Kid perfume bottles are worth about $50 to $120. Many dealers who sell jewelry also deal in items like perfume bottles and compacts. There are also collectors who specialize in perfume bottles, like the International Perfume Bottle Association (IPBA).

Q. I have a sugar and creamer that is stainless steel. It was my husband’s parents’ parents’. We’re in our 80s now, so it is old. It also has a small server tray with it. They measure 9 1/2 inches long. It is not marked “stainless steel,” but I don’t think they had to do that then. I am wondering what it is worth. It does not have a scratch on it. It’s lovely.

A. Stainless steel was available to artists and manufacturers around 1920. Its light weight and resistance to tarnishing and rusting made it appealing to decorative arts. Its ease of cleaning and sterilization and its lack of reaction to most substances make it especially useful for kitchenware and tableware. Many 20th-century designers have made stainless-steel pieces in the art deco, midcentury and postmodern periods. Stainless-steel sugar and creamer sets by known designers can be worth about $100 to $200. Without a known maker, they are usually worth $50 or less. If you cannot identify a maker, any identifying information, like a date or country of origin, can help increase the value. TIP: Never put silverware and stainless-steel flatware in the dishwasher basket together. The stainless can damage the silver.

Write to Kovels, The Republican, King Features Syndicate, 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803 or email us at collectorsgallery@kovels.com.

Little relief:

Mortgage rates ease, pulling 30-year rate to just below 7%

By A LEX VEIGA Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The average rate on a 30-year mortgage dipped to just below 7% this week, little relief for prospective homebuyers already facing the challenges of rising

Deeds

AGAWAM

716 Spring Valley LLC, to Haskell Holdings LLC, 18-20 Summer St., $340,000.

Marta Londono, conservator, Elvia Londono and Robert Wise to Melissa B. Almquist and Michael R. Ryan, 1259 North Westfield St., $285,000.

Megliola Realty LLC, to Lesley A. Dinsmore and Bonnie L. Dinsmore, 6 Pheasant Run Circle, $350,000.

Melisa A. Fecat to Daniel Hernandez and Diane M Hernandez, 637 North St., $345,000.

Melissa B. Grant, Robert C. Grant and Linda L. Ohare to Jake D. McKittrick and Sofia Arroyo, 280 North St., $285,000.

Sherrie L. Habrat and Thomas A. McDonald to Lloyd William Paro, trustee, Karen Lee Paro, trustee, and Paro Family Revocable Trust, trustee of, 27 C Castle Hill Road, $367,000.

Tedeschi Properties LLC, to Pine Crossing Construction Inc, Nolan Lane, Par A, $100,000.

Timothy Potito and Jessica Potito to Ramon Lopez, 62 Northwood St., $405,000.

AMHERST

Jacqueline German, trustee, and Carla R. Savetsky Family Trust to Edwin A. Wolkoff and Amy Wolkoff, 70 Stony Hill Road, $380,000.

Frederic A. Englander, Frederick A. Englander and Fred Englander to Frederic A. Englander, trustee, and Frederic A. Englander Revocable Trust, 44 McClellan St.,

housing prices and a relatively limited inventory of homes on the market.

The rate fell to 6.99% from 7.03% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.71%.

Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loans, also eased this week, lowering the average rate to 6.29% from 6.36% last week. A year ago, it averaged 6.07%, Freddie Mac said.

Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, including how the bond market reacts to the Federal Reserve’s

interest rate policy and the moves in the 10-year Treasury yield, which lenders use as a guide to pricing home loans.

Yields eased this week following economic data showing slower growth. Signs that the economy is cooling can drive inflation lower, which could persuade the Federal Reserve to lower its short-term interest rate from its highest level in more than two decades.

The Fed, which is scheduled to hold its next policy meeting next week, has maintained it doesn’t plan to cut interest rates until it has greater confidence that price

increases are slowing sustainably to its 2% target. Until then, mortgage rates are unlikely to ease significantly, economists say.

“Overall, we anticipate inflation will continue to slow and will allow mortgage rates to decrease to around 6.5% by the end of 2024, early 2025,” said Ralph McLaughlin, senior economist at Realtor.com.

The average rate on a 30year mortgage remains near a two-decade high, adding hundreds of dollars a month in costs on a home loan, limiting homebuyers’ purchasing options.

$100.

Patricia Packard Garmirian to William Angus McLeod IV, and Katherine McLeod, 14 Indian Pipe Lane, $625,000.

Robert T. Brooks to Robert T. Brooks, trustee, and Revocable Indenture of Trust of Robert T. Brooks, 30 South Orchard Drive, $100.

BELCHERTOWN

Bell Property Corp., to Sara S. Beaulieu and John W. Beaulieu, Woodland Lane, $214,000.

William Schreiber and Jason Schreiber to William Schreiber, Barrett Street, $100.

Richard D. Brehaut, Diane Brehaut and Diane Cameron to Christine Symancyk, Shaw Street, $50,000.

Alan J. Brown and Cheryl A. Brown to Jeremy Farquhar, 95 Oakridge Drive, $460,000.

JHP Builders LLC, to Jessica Fitzpatrick and Michael Fitzpatrick, 35 Woodland Lane, $678,000.

BERNARDSTON

Camilla M. Hodges to Joseph C. Connelly, trustee of the Connelly Farm Realty Trust, 754 Brattleboro Road, $714,924.32.

BRIMFIELD

Julie C. Tamarkin, trustee, Joseph Roy Tamarkin, trustee, and Tamarkin Family Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, to Ryan B. Connolly and Cassidy D. Connolly, 98 Hollow Road, $445,000.

Linda Weston to Alexis Tunney, 73 Hollow Road, $340,000.

CHARLEMONT

Noreen M. Britt, trustee of the Carl & Edelgard Mohr Family Trust, to Carolyn Emberley and John Ostwald, trustees of the Moonwood Nominee Trust, Cherrie Pierson Road, $59,000.

CHESTERFIELD

Kevin A. Graham and Bethany Graham to Jesse Paszko and Kimberly Paszko, 189 East St., $500,000.

CHICOPEE

Andrew Bardon, trustsee, and Thomas J. Bardon Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, to 236 Exchange LLC, 232-238 Exchange St., $126,000.

Brad M. Moreau, Dorothy B. Moreau and Joy Piquette to Joseph G. LaFreniere and Maria Lopriore, 101 Narragansett Boulevard, $140,000.

Bruce E. Audet to Nancy Tahir and Tasmeer A. Tahir, 61 St Anthony St., $360,000.

Cam Ventures Holdings LLC, to Abbas Younes, 39 Algonquin St., $165,000.

Cynthia Field and John Rallis to Wayne P. Desroches, 14 Garrity St., $302,000.

Cynthia L. Counter and Cynthia L. Bourget to Kaliah Malloy, 30 Colonial Circle, Unit B, $189,000.

Eugene J. Witczak, Sarah R. Witczak and Sarah R. Sourdiffe to Kara Grimaldi and Mariah Morin, 101 Skeele St., $265,000.

Fandave LLC, to Aakash Patel, 1512-1514 Memorial Drive, $450,000.

Franciszek Wachta and Anna Wachta to Jamie Tylunas, 55 Em-

pire St., Unit 65, $211,518.

James A. Occhiuzzo II, to Fumi Realty Inc., 7 Munger Road, $150,000.

James R. Kenney to Alyssa Johnson, 348 Hampden St., $340,000.

Karen Hughes, representative, and Irene A. Jendrysik, estate, to Paul Giguere and Pampha Dolma Lama, 108 Oakwood St., $280,000.

Katelyn E. Bartish to Brittany Carlson-Cormier and Bryan Cormier, 43 Rochester St., $305,000.

Kathleen E. Kreminec and Christine M. Malikowski to Ryan J. Malikowski, 200 Lambert Terrace, #86, $157,000.

Manar Aldulaimi and Mustafa Rasheed to Damien Kareem Montiero and Dayvon Jerome Monteiro, 50 Saint James Ave., $370,000.

Michael A. Casimiro and Amanda L. Casimiro to Enrique Santiago and Gloria Santiago, 123-125 Casino Ave., $365,000.

Pah Properties LLC, to Edwin Adames, 7 Kimball St., $280,000.

Revampit LLC, to Michael J. Galarneau and Moira C. Galarneau, 55 McCarthy Ave., $195,000.

Robert G. Gordon to Jacqueline A. Fournier, 1083 James St., Unit M10, $222,000.

Robert T. Doyle to Matthew Pilon and Margaret M. Pilon, 120 Colonial Circle, Unit D, $165,000.

Round Two LLC, to Margaret Frances Landry, 485-487 Springfield St., $390,000.

Theresa A. Demers and Theresa A. Ranck to Andrew Placzek, 148 Woodbridge Road, $135,000.

COLRAIN

Adam K. Grandin and Megan E. McDonough to Thomas Hughes and Mariah Ladeau, 38 Ed Clark Road,

$80,000.

DEERFIELD

Daniel L. Mosley, trustee of the Field Point Circle Trust, to Francesco Barone, trustee of the 7 Memorial Street Trust, 7 Memorial St., $1,990,000.

Leslie Wilson to David J. Dacyczyn and Mary E. Dacyczyn, 5B Duncan Drive, Unit 6 Meadows of Deerfield, $328,500.

Brian Milewski, Dorothy M. Milewski, Gary Milewski and Scott Milewski to Ryan C. Kingston and Mallory J. Sullivan, 46 Eastern Ave., $437,239.

EAST LONGMEADOW

Henrymens Real Estate Group LLC, to Huseyin Yigit and Mehtap Yigit, 144 Patterson Ave., $585,000. Kyle J. Mailman and Stephanie L. Mailman to Robert J. Braconi and Alexandra K. Braconi, 19 Juniper Lane, $450,000.

Lauren McDonough to Thomas William Townsend, trustee, Lori Ellen Townsend, trustee, and Tltlatr1 Trust, trustee of, 22 Savoy Ave., $310,000.

Maria V. Wheeler and Ryan F. Wheeler to Lee Carr and Chelsea Carr, 10 Lester St., $405,000. Richard M. Gaberman and Elizabeth Heit Gaberman to Donald Coughlin and Cynthia Coughlin, 3 Ribbon Grass Lane, $780,000.

EASTHAMPTON

Thomas E. Besko to Mariah Tess Lapiroff and Jamie Moore Lawrence, 108 Hendrick St., $332,500.

Fred Englander, Frederic A. Englander and Frederick A. Englander SEE DEEDS, PAGE F8

Deeds

to Frederic A. Englander, trustee, and Frederic A. Englander Revocable Trust, 6 Lincoln St., $100.

ERVING

Millers Falls Realty LLC, to Gary W. Smith and Julie M. Smith, 17 Moore St., $371,000.

GRANBY

Stephen E. Moos and Sheila N. Moos to Stephen Eric Moos II, and S. Eric Moos, Greenmeadow Lane Off, $100.

Michael Shields and Michael I. Shields to Michael I. Sheilds, trustee, Michele C. Shields, trustee, and Michael I. Shields Living Trust, 84 West St., $100.

Thomas D. Haska to Shannon L. Gomes and Daniel R. Haska, 150 East St., $100.

Clyde V. Snow Jr., and Dorothy L. Snow to Linda Laprade, Allen Lariviere, Rene Lariviere, Ila Smith, Verne Lariviere, Ian Lariviere, Erin Kelly and Samuel Lariviere, 154 South St., $100,000.

GRANVILLE

Gina D. Silvestri, trustee, Gina S. Linstone, trustee, and The Julie Ann Greek Johnson QPRT Trust U/A III Of, trustee of, to Wayne Goodall and Mary Kathryn Goodall, 684 Main Road, $645,000.

Miles S. Ericson and Sonia P. Ericson to 145 Sodom Street LLC, 145 Sodom St., $600,000.

GREENFIELD

Douglas S. Feeney and Sally Ellen Kleinfeldt to Dane Mitchell Donato and Lillian Ruiz, 42A Thayer Road, Unit 1A Huntington Green Condominium, $175,000.

Charlene Poirier Austin, “fka” Charlene M. Poirier, Diane Poirier, “aka” Diane L. Cote, Paula J. Poirier and Robert A. Poirier to Jonathan Bassett, 119 Cleveland St., $115,000.

Peter B. Chandler and Brittany Towle to Peter O. Luthi, trustee of the Peter Luthi Real Estate Trust, 161 High St., $250,000.

Property Advantage Inc., to EDS Enterprises LLC, 306-308 Wells St., $200,000.

Lisa A. Kimball to Jeremy Bouchard and Victoria Gibson, 17 Raingley Road, $368,500.

Mark Wightman to Jennifer Blythe, 200 Wisdom Way, $325,000.

HADLEY

FDF Realty LLP, Rocco J. Falcone, trustee, and Revocable Indenture of Trust of James J. Falcone, partner, to 299 Russell Street LLC, 299 Russell St., $1,525,000.

Barbara A. Joy, trustee, Forbes E. Byron, trustee, Bryon Family Trust, Barbara A. Joy, Forbes E. Byron, James S. Byron and Norman Jean Coughlin to Shannon M. Driscoll, 25 West St., $600,000.

Frederic A. Englander, Fred Englander and Fredrick A. Englander to Frederick A. Englander, trustee, and Frederick A. Englander Revocable Trust, 47 East St., $100.

Frederic A. Englander, Frederick A. Englander and Fred Englander to Frederic A. Englander, trustee, and Frederic A. Englander Revocable Trust, 60 East St., $100.

HAMPDEN

Edward T. Leyden and Michael J. Leyden to David Heming, 193 Raymond Drive, $325,000.

Stephen L. Haskins and Suzanna R. Haskins to Kathleen Dziura and Bruce Dziura, 43 Rock-a-Dundee Road, $530,000.

HATFIELD

Gerald M. Barsh, Gerald M. Barsh, personal representative, and Nancy A. Barsh, estate, to Lucas Giusto, trustee, Dominic Santaniello, trustee, and Naples Home Buyers Trust, 12 Dwight St., $155,000.

Ernest H. Patnode to Tami Patnode, 5 Maple St., Elm Street, Great Ponsett Road and Great Neponsett Road, $100.

HOLYOKE

Anita G. Strong to Craig Theodore Peltier, 45 Laura Lane, $363,000.

Bruce A. Sicard to Anthony J. Case, 1205 Dwight St., $210,000.

Edwin Lopez, Edwin Lopez Perez, Eneida Ruiz and Eneida Ruiz Rojas to MotherFlippers Realty LLC, 99 Newton St., $85,000.

U S A Housing & Urban Development to B & B Realty Partners LLC, 49 Howard St., $115,000.

Erin Kathleen Bartuska to Deborah Cooper, 167 Pearl St., $236,000.

Jeremy V. Croake to Kevin Young and Diana Sierra Becerra, 9-11 Pearl St., $477,000.

John L. Labelle to Jennifer E. Sawyer, 350 Homestead Ave., $275,000.

Pah Properties LLC, to David Langlois, 324 Hillside Ave., $350,000.

Patricia M. Delude to Nathaniel Flachs, 14 Columbus Ave.,

$63,560.

HUNTINGTON

Barbara Shea, trustee, Weston E. Steins, trustee, and Stonelea Farm Family Trust to Stonelea Farm LLC, 12 Church Road, $367,000.

LONGMEADOW

16 Pleasantview Ave LLC to Jenna Mancuso and Daniel N. Evans, 16 Pleasantview Ave., $385,000.

Andrea S. Martin and William M. Martin to Sara Tobin and Brett Tobin, 84 Willow Brook Road, $991,000.

Robert C. Reilly to Kevin R. Wood and Susan M. Wood, 80 Lawnwood Ave., $350,000.

Timothy A. Taylor, trustee, Timothy A. Taylor Revocable Indenture Of Trust Of, trustee of, Anita B. Taylor and Bernice Anita Taylor to Shayla Fulton, 56 Dartmouth Road, $536,000.

LUDLOW

Chandler C. Noga and Marisa E. Lombardi to Jack A. Davis, 258 Fuller St., $334,000.

Daniil Gerasimchuk to Gorden Chu and Ming-Eng Liu, 729 West St., $610,000.

Joanne Norris to London Realty LLC, Roy Street, Lot B, $51,750.

Jose L. Fragoso and Maria R. Fragoso to Nuno G. Guerra, 76 Americo St., $395,000.

Joshua Soares and Margarida M. Goncalves to Michelle Afonso Santos, 54 Stevens St., $350,000.

Linda B. Lastoff to Jacob Stokowski and Melissa Stokowski, 308 Ventura St., $555,000.

Sareen Properties LLC, to Anthony Robare, 391 West Ave., $285,000.

MONSON

Finnegan Properties LLC, to Alec Barkett, 244 Main St., $270,000. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, trustee, HB4 Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust, trustee of, and Jean R. Rodich to HB4 Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust, 37 Bridge St., $135,000.

MONTAGUE

Walter E. Hosmer to ARPC LLC, 34 K Street. $160,000

Australis Aquaculture Holdings LLC, to Great Falls Holdings LLC, 1 Australia Way, “fka” 15 Industrial Boulevard and Industrial Boulevard, $1,000,000. EDS Enterprises LLC, to Diana

Sainz-Close, 114 Montague St., $400,000.

Robert C. Greenleaf to Cathleen A. Greenleaf and Robert C. Greenleaf, 96 Montague St., $100.

Laura A. Deluca and Scott A. Deluca to Harry S. Rockland-Miller, trustee of the Harry S. Rockland-Miller 2024 Trust, 32 Center St., $772,000.

NORTHAMPTON

Tamara M. Lewis to Thomas J. O’Leary and James O. Myers, 14 Burncolt Road, $453,000.

Stephen E. Moos and Sheila N. Moos to Stephen E. Moos, trustee, Sheila N. Moos, trustee, and Stephen & Sheila Moos 2024 Family Trust, $100.

Stephen E. Moos and Sheila N. Moos to Stephen E. Moos, trustee, Sheila N. Moos, trustee, and Stephen & Sheila Moos 2024 Family Trust, 11 Marshall St., $100.

Julia L. Riseman and Nicholas J. Horton to Kinari Horton and Niklas Teichmann, 82 Williams St., $375,000.

Caitlin Burbridge Thunfors to Sillybird Realty-Pleasant Street LLC, 351 Pleasant St., $350,000.

Alison C. Zuber, trustee, Alison C. Cherry Trust and AC Northampton Residence Trust to Bonnie L. Sachs, trustee, and Bonnie L. Sachs Revocable Trust, 74 Pines Edge Drive, $344,100.

Guadalupe D. Mendez and Elizabeth C. Kamerer to Ethan Doss and Alessia C. Doss, 11 Bernache St., $425,000.

Simon J. Salloom and Jessica Salloom to Lance R. Williams and Elena H. Sharnoff, 222 Elm St., $799,000.

David Overfield and Linda Overfield to Kimberlee A. Kusiak and Thomas C. Greenough, 27 Higgins Way, $1,250,000.

Marisa Mendonsa to Alexandra James and Zachary Linkow, 566 Elm St., $675,000.

NORTHFIELD

Gary Rucker and Jennifer A. Tufts to Carly Skorupa and Sergei Skorupa, Off Mount Hermon Station Road, $2,600.

Jennifer A. Tufts, trustee of the Rosalind G. Tufts Living Trust, to Carly Skorupa and Sergei Skorupa, Off Mount Hermon Station Road, “aka” 183 Mount Hermon Station Road and Bennett Brook Road, $66,900.

ORANGE

Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Jonathan Rawls and Sara Scannell, 35 Oaklawn Ave., $237,500.

PALMER

Bharat Patel to Christopher M. Fernandes, 1077 Park St., $252,000.

CSJ Properties LLC, to Aubuchon Realty Co Inc., 2 Breckenridge St., $1,669,000.

Daniel B. Donovan, Lauren Donovan and Lauren Thompson to John Minnie, 6-8 Ruggles Court, $265,000.

Leah A. Bigda and William J. Bisnette to Patrick Cavanaugh, 21012103 Calkins Road, $100,000.

Linda Lindsay, representative, and Ronald Beauregard, estate, to Arenas Investments LLC, 3056 Main St., $150,000.

Michael W. Swain and Margaret I. Swain to Allison Tambolleo, 378 Rondeau St., $430,000.

RL Properties LLC, to Darrell J. Jonassaint and Shanece T. Franklin, 74 Ruggles St., $365,000.

Suzanne M. Rohrbacher and Michael J. Rohrbacher to Michele Luszcz, John A. Luszcz and John Luszcz, 1115 Ware St., $629,000.

PELHAM

Martin J. Miller and Julie G. Miller to Rachel A. Borson, trustee, and Rachel A. Borson Revocable Living Trust, 153 North Valley Road, $617,000.

RUSSELL

Joshua MacDonald and Emily MacDonald to Dakota Blakesley and Lauretta Minor, 400 Dickinson Hill Road, $360,000.

SHUTESBURY

Brenda Woods-Ewing to Joshua Danoff and Clare Storck, 52 Shore Drive, $285,000.

Michael Pill to Julie Anne Jonassen and Richard Alan Rabe, West Pelham Road, $45,000.

SOUTH HADLEY

Stephen E. Moos and Sheila N. Moos to Stephen & Sheila Moos 2024 Family Trust, Stephen E. Moos, trustee, and Sheila N. Moos, trustee, 629 Granby Road, $100.

Chase A. St. Andre and Carolyn J. St. Andre to Chase A. St. Andre, 187 Lathrop St., $100.

Azia A. Durzy and Peggy Durzy to Azia A. Durzy, trustee, Peggy Durzy, trustee, and Durzy Family Trust, 57 Silver St., $100.

Jan I. Dickinson and Theresa Dickinson to Brian L. Eliza and Jeremy W. Whitman, 39 Carew St., $330,000.

Richard W. Carey and Dorothy C.

Deeds

Carey to Dale R. Carey and Dean W. Carey, 138 Pine Grove Drive, $100.

Patrick J. Deluhery III, and Carole C. Bielizna to Aravind Reddy Gaddam, 141 Pine Grove, $370,000.

SOUTHWICK

Beth Ann Nolan and Beth Ann Hibert to Nicolas Hibert, 126 Hillside Road, $310,000.

Frank Grillo to Josephine A. Iennaco and Josephine Iennaco, 51 Lakemont St., $950,000.

John D. Coward and Teresa S. Coward to Kathryn Elizabeth Coward, 33 Congamond Road, $334,000.

Kendra Sternberg, representative, Sandra N. Helliwell, estate, and Gregor Helliwell, representative, to Raymond R. Picard and Ann Marie Picard, 12 South View Drive, $325,000.

Mary Ann Wheeler to Fitzgerald Home Solutions LLC, 137 Berkshire Ave., $75,000.

Steven P. Beals and Karen L. Beals to Gerri L. Hatch, 78 South Longyard Road, $676,000.

Tirone Development Corp., to Justin Burtchell and Tory Adams, 246 Feeding Hills Road, $275,000.

SPRINGFIELD

716 Spring Valley LLC, to Selpan Holdings LLC, 878-880 St James Ave., $240,000.

716 Spring Valley LLC to Selpan Holdings LLC, 884-886 St. James Ave., $240,000.

716 Spring Valley LLC, to Selpan Holdings LLC, 890-892 St. James Ave., $390,000.

Allan Comberbatch and Carol Comberbatch to Jocelyn Antia Rosa, 111 San Miguel St., $289,900. Real Estate Investments Northeast LLC, to Abygayle Monique Stephens-Williams, 15 Cedar St., $385,000.

B9 Industries Inc., to Alex Figueroa, 11-15 Clantoy St., $370,000.

Betsy A. Cavanaugh to Pah Properties LLC, 94-96 Abbe Ave., $169,255.

Bri Eir McCarroll and Laurie McKee to Sean Milbier and Sarah Milbier, 55 Chesterfield Ave., $377,500.

CNI Corp., to BC Belmont LLC, 102-106 Belmont Ave., $1,850,000.

Dionisia Peralta Velez and Dionisia De Reinoso to Fernando Pena, 12 Frontenac St., $200,000.

Dominic Kirchner II, trustee, and Cioccolate Realty Trust, trustee of, to JJJ17 LLC, 14 Dorchester St.,

$121,000.

Edwan Alzuhairi to Eunnindy Sanon, 158 Gilbert Ave., $295,000.

Elizabeth J. Ethier, Albert J. Labroad Jr., and Tamra J. Stevens to Henry Nguyen, 48 Fair Oak Road, $320,000.

Emily Le to Xiao Hong Huang and Jin Ye, 220 Maple St., $739,000.

Equity Trust Co., custodian, Robert Lareau IRA, and Robert Lareau to Traci A. Leary, 352-354 Page Boulevard, $370,000.

Equity Trust Co., custodian, Robert Lareau IRA, and Robert Lareau to Yadira Baerga and Jose Antonio Baerga, 1174 Liberty St., $310,000.

North East Construction Services Inc., and Caribbean Realty Investments LLC, to Andy Martinez, 236 Oakland St., $420,000.

Felicia Knox to First Landing Investments LLC, 423 Orange St., $130,000.

First Landing Investments LLC, to Alden Pond Properties LLC, 423 Orange St., $140,000.

Gary A. Daula to Carlos Jose Arroyo and Magaly Rivera Rodriguez, 165167 Arnold Ave., $415,000.

Gary A. Daula to Sherrelie Munoz Alvarado and Sandra Alvarado Rivera, 42-44 Blodgett St., $375,000.

Hastings Hill Realty LLC, to Springfield Redevelopment Authority, 137-147 Taylor St., $338,800.

Jorge Luis Agosto Torres to Javier Francisco Inoa Cruz and Maviella Rosemary Concepcion Inoa, 133 Winton St., $285,000.

Jorge Severino to Francis Rivera-Rincon, 249-251 White St., $285,000.

Karen E. Charbonneau to Phantom Holdings LLC, 18-20 Price St., $195,000.

Long River Realty LLC, to Ovidia Catalina Lopez Macario, 47 Westminster St., $240,000.

Luis R. Cotto and Neidy Cruz to Bharatkumar Patel, Gita Dixit and Parth Bharat Patel, 57 Elaine Circle, $630,000.

Mary Sheehan to Felix Luis Cuevas-Rodriguez, 317 Eastern Ave., $49,000.

Maryanne Steele, trustee conservator, Seifert Family Trust, trustee of, and Christopher James Seifert to Evan Anair and Emily Anair, 98 Granger St., $225,000.

MassMutual Federal Credit Union to Nicole Marie Sanders, 135 Bairdcrest Road, $210,700.

Nadia P. Palmer, Nadia P. Shankar and Nathan Palmer to Anna Lee Martinez, 14 Mary St., $425,000.

NKZ Realty Inc., to Samantha Rodriguez and Derrick Dube, 18 Stuyvesant St., $355,000.

Om Orange LLC, to Deen Orange

47 LLC, N S Orange Street, $1,361,384.

Pah Properties LLC, to Jorge James Rivera, 1295 Bay St., $280,000.

Patricia A. Mackay and Richard J. Tyrell to Chamber Investment Group LLC, 131 Harvard St., $125,000.

Pellisas Construction Inc., to Jacquelyn Jeanne Day, 201 Westford Circle, $315,000.

Raymond S. Hand and Barbara J. Hand to Maria T. Puppolo, 164 Nassau Drive, $230,000.

Rebecca Hayward to Jennifer C. Smyth and Isaac M. Latorre Sr., 24 Wareham St., $289,333.

Robert A. Lyons Jr., and Carolyn S. Lyons to Aminder Singh, 169 Dickinson St., $345,000.

Robert Hines IV, and Stephanie Hines to Laurien Marie Dejesus Cruz, 63 Freeman Terrace, $273,000.

Roberto Rivera-Negron to Hector Robles Berrios and Jenalis Campos, 524 Goodwin St., $385,000.

Roderick Barton to Clintona Wiley, 67 Alden St., $315,000.

Rosa Pascual La Paz to Adilia M. Perez Esteban and Yesica N. Perez Esteban, 491-493 Newbury St., $310,000.

Sabrina J. Denesha, representative, and James W. Mcintosh, estate, to Sareen Properties LLC, 110 Homestead Ave., $200,100.

Susan M. Kupiec to Donna M. Petrone-Carter and Keawatin J. Carter, 1450 South Branch Parkway, $430,000.

TC & MA LLC, to Jennifer Bresnahan, 38 Hadley St., $292,000.

Terrence K. Boyer to John Wynne, 58 Champlain Ave., $150,000.

SUNDERLAND

Caroline C. Pam and Timothy N. Wilcox to Kitchen Garden Farm LLC, 131 South Silver Lane, $800,000.

Caroline C. Pam and Timothy N. Wilcox to Kitchen Garden Farm LLC, South Silver Lane, $400,000.

TOLLAND

Anthony Simari and Ivonne Zucco to Adriana Behari and Joshua Wolz, 248 Owls Nest Lane, $400,788.

Calasha G. Gish, trustee, and Acorn Nominee Realty Trust, trustee of, to William N. Magni Jr., and Nichol P. Magni, Otter Pond Trail, Lot Opt-17, $25,000.

WARE

Ontour Properties Inc., to Evan George Halliday and Ashley Marie Halliday, 23 Clifford Ave.,

$330,000.

Melissa A. Gauthier, personal representative, and Paul F. Gauthier, estate, to Nicholas Markopoulos, 69 Aspen St., $100,000.

Scott P. Rockwal to Scott P. Rockwal and Jeffrey P. Rockwal, 103 Osborne Road, $100.

Judy C. Riggenbach and Ronald J. Riggenbach to Steven M. Koblich and Sheena M. McConal, 86 Coffey Hill Road, $480,000.

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Billy Velazquez and Cinthia J. Pagan to Fernando L. Aguirre, 19 Queen Ave., $340,000.

Condominium Trust West Springfield Trade Center, Anderson Logistics Inc., and Douglas P. Bilodeau to Buildex Construction Inc., 216 Day St., Unit 2C3, $29,000.

Dans Construction Service Inc., to Stanislav Nester and Anastasia Nester, 60 Hyde Road, $600,000.

Gerard P. Connor III, representative, and Janet Elizabeth Fox, estate, to Stefan Machowski and Joi Machowski, 96 Forris St., $85,000.

Heritage Ventures LLC, to Rafal Jedrzejczak, 1566 Memorial Ave., $140,000.

Ilya Okhrimenko and Svetlana Okhrimenko to Alexandra Levinson, 24 Jensen Circle, $270,000.

John A. Sandillo and Catherine A. Sandillo to URL Properties LLC, 8486 Hampden St., $270,000.

John M. Gillis, Alyssa R. Gillis and Alyssa R. Amos to Thomas A. Cardone Jr., and Ciara Abrams, 138 Lancaster Ave., $299,900.

Mark J. Kidman and Ellen A. Kidman to David T. Goudreault, 49 Tatham Hill Road, $420,000.

Marline A. Claremont and Nicole L. Coyer to Hesu Realty LLC, 16 Colony Road, $135,900.

Stanislav L. Nester and Anastasia Nester to Antonio Correia, 24 Larivee Lane, $390,000.

WESTFIELD

Amy L. Damour and John W. Pignatare to John V. Zocco Jr., 37 Coolidge Ave., $300,000.

Danielle C. Cousineau and Carl J. Haas to Xavier Pizarro-Rivera and Angelica Maria Marrero, 44 Pinewood Lane, $270,000.

David Pacheco and Katharyn M. Pacheco to Connor Costello, 30 Deepwoods Drive, $445,000.

Elizabeth Bechthold, Elizabeth M. Desmarais and Andrew S. Bechthold to Brittany Dalton, 28 Woodbridge Lane, $370,000.

Jose Quinones and Lourdes Quinones to Colby S. Mulligan and Autumn B. Lafountain, 308 Hillside Road, $325,000.

Joyce E. Cline, Joyce Cline and Carl D. Cline to Kmak LLC, 18 Glenwood Drive, $255,000.

Kenia Associates LLC, to Waystar MSS Holdings LLC, 65 Springfield Road, $1,800,000.

Max T. Balukonis to Shaunna E. Feyre, 103 Woodside Terrace, $310,000.

Next Phase Properties LLC, to Hector Abreu and Wesson S. Teehan, 19 Harrison Ave., $310,000.

Peter A. Costella and Katherine Costella to Ellen Kidman and Sean Kidman, 42 Loomis Ave., $340,000.

Shirley M. Lucas, representative, and Stephen W. Lucas, estate, to Victor Archakov, Northwest Road, Lot 2, $195,000.

Thomas C. O’Neil, trustee, and O’Neil Family Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, to Bradford B. Moir and Mary Ann Moir, 419 Southwick Road, R-75, $325,000.

Wayne Joseph Lawrence to Jennifer Cortis and Savanna Cortis, 124 Granville Road, $380,000.

WESTHAMPTON

Susan E. Lavallee, trustee, Francis B. Rauch Living Trust and Phyllis I. Rauch Living Trust to Jennifer M. Milikowsky and Tylan Calcagni, Hathaway Road, $270,000.

Martha J. Cohen, trustee, Christie Karis, trustee, Cohen-Karis Revocable Trust and Sarah R. Cohen to Sarah Osgood-Felten and Daniel W. Felten, 5 Pine Island Lake, $525,000.

WILBRAHAM

2301 Boston Road LLC, to Suzanne M. Shaw, 49 Ivy Circle, Unit 49, $403,000.

AC Homebuilding LLC, to Kelly Josephiac, Jennifer Glisson and June M. Jackson, life estate,106 Sandalwood Drive, $519,900. Adrienne E. Cook to Dennis M. Scibelli and Christine J. Scibelli, 47 Ivy Circle, Unit 47, $399,000. Alan J. Douglass and Nancy F. Douglass to Robert Checkosky and Diane C. Checkosky, 3 Porter Drive, $580,000.

Mark S. Salamon, trustee, and D A K S Trust, trustee of, to Bretta Construction LLC, Stirling Drive, Lot 26V, $450,000.

M. Roger H. Lavoie Jr., to Tim Real Estate LLC, 2-4 Verge St., $135,000.

WILLIAMSBURG

Jesse S. Camp to Jesse S. Camp and Alyshia Symanski Camp, 6 Nash Hill Place, $100.

to lock in cheaper mortgages. As home buying becomes increasingly out of reach to first-timers, Realtors confirm that more parents are stepping in to help, sometimes taking out loans against their existing homes to fund their children’s. More parents are also getting involved in the home-buying process from the beginning, considering joint purchases less of a handout to their children and more of a long-term family investment, brokers said.

Eve Brown, who lives in Cincinnati and works two jobs, received a $16,000 down payment from her mother, a retired accountant. And when her income wasn’t high enough to quality for the $92,000 mortgage, Brown’s mother co-signed her loan as well, giving the 42-year-old her first inroad into the housing market.

“I always wanted to buy a home, and I really didn’t want to have my parents’ help,” Brown said. “But it got to the point where it was just obviously better to buy — and no way I could do it on my own.”

The housing market has slowed precipitously since the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates two years ago. Mortgage costs have gone from all-time lows of about 2.6 percent to more than 7 percent, making it several times more costly to finance a home purchase. The last time borrowing costs were this high was in the early 2000s, a generation ago.

At the same time, home prices, which spiked during the pandemic, remain high with the median at $420,800, according to census data. The result is an increasingly unaffordable market that isn’t likely to improve any time soon: Goldman Sachs this month said it expects home values to rise another 4.3 percent in 2024, straining a housing market already hovering at record-low affordability.

José Matos, a guide at a Miami art museum, is searching for a home with his mother.

in Austin who works primarily with first-time home buyers. “It’s definitely harder for younger people to buy right now, and the boomer generation has a lot more money than Millennials or Gen Z has.”

A record 16 percent of her firm’s clients “partnered” with a friend or relative to purchase a home last year, up from 7 percent the year before, Modares said.

Hayden Smith, who works for a tech start-up in Camarillo, Calif., was hesitant to accept help from his parents when they first offered it. He had saved up for a down payment by living with them during the pandemic and finally made enough to comfortably cover monthly expenses. But with home prices and interest rates steadily rising in the past couple of years, the 29-year-old felt his purchasing power slip away.

Some vegetable plants — corn, onions, and the cabbage family, for example — are especially prone to inbreeding depression. Saving seeds from Otto File and my popcorns is especially easy since the seeds are dry and mature when ready to eat or save. When I twist the kernels off an ear for eating, I just take out a few to add to my growing seed packet of that particular variety.

The 24-year-old, who still lives with his parents, says they have come up with an arrangement: His parents will cover a $50,000 down payment and co-sign the mortgage, as long as Matos makes monthly payments.

His mother, Lizet Rodriguez, who emigrated from the Dominican Republic in 2014, bought her first home at 43, which gave her an “intense sense of joy and security,” she said. Now she wants to pass on this milestone to her children.

“As a mother, I want to do all I can to give my children a better future,” said Rodriguez, 61, who runs a short-term rental business in Miami. “We are first-generation immigrants in this country, and we have to stick together and help each other if we want to get ahead.”

Matos is among a growing group of 20- and 30-somethings who are moving straight from their childhood bedrooms into their first homes. Roughly 1 in 3 young adults are living with their parents, often to save money, an arrangement that picked up during the pandemic and has continued, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of census data.

That shift reflects a new economic reality in which parents

Some 44 percent of adults in their 20s and early 30s said they received financial help from their parents in the past year, most often for household expenses like groceries or utilities, according to a January report by Pew.

are playing a bigger role in supporting their children financially, well into adulthood. Some 44 percent of adults in their 20s and early 30s said they received financial help from their parents in the past year, most often for household expenses like groceries or utilities, according to a January report by Pew.

Increasingly, those financial ties to Mom and Dad are stretching into the home-buying process and beyond. Nearly 1 in 5 young adults said their parents have helped with rent or mortgage payments in the past year.

“These days it almost feels like, ‘Duh, I have to use my parents’ money, there’s no other option,’” said Kristina Modares, a real estate agent

“Part of me wanted to say, ‘No, I don’t want to take it,’” said Smith, who bought a $420,000 condo this past summer. “But I don’t see things getting easier or better or more attainable in the future. It sounds bad to say out loud, but I finally thought, ‘I may as well take what I can now, before the market gets even worse.’”

The increased reliance on parental help is widening the divide between those who can afford a house and those who can’t. Parents who own homes are more likely to have the resources to help their adult children, reinforcing the crucial role of homeownership in lifting long-term wealth. As a result, economists say it has become even harder for firsttime home buyers without familial help to break into the market.

“The bigger problem is that young Americans who don’t have family money are often shut out of homeownership,” Fairweather of Redfin wrote in a recent report. “They don’t have a pot of family money to dip into. This contributes to wealth inequality and often prevents young people from gaining economic ground on their peers who come from more privileged backgrounds.”

A third consideration in saving seed is keeping the seed true to variety. Varieties of sweet corn readily cross-pollinate. Again, it is corn, onions, and the cabbage family that are among the common vegetables that readily cross pollinate. So, I grow popcorn in one vegetable garden and sweet corn in the other, and Otto File corn out in my meadow between dwarf apple trees. If my Golden Bantam sweet corn were to grow too close to my Pink Pearl Popcorn, the resulting seeds will grow into plants yielding kernels that were less sweet or less poppable.

Although squashes have separate female and male flowers on the same plant, which would make them prone to cross-pollination, that’s no problem here on my farmden. I grow only Sweet Mama and Waltham winter squashes. The first variety is botanically Cucumbita maxima and the second is C. moschata; the two species do not cross-pollinate.

Plants that can self-pollinate, such as tomatoes, peppers, beans, and peas, could be contaminated by pollen from other, nearby varieties. Distance between varieties can prevent cross-pollination. So can fine mesh bags. I plan to use small organza bags normally sold for wedding favors. And finally, good storage, meaning dry and cool or cold conditions, makes sure seeds germinate well. Which my edamame did not. Hmmm. Any gardening questions? Email them to me at garden@ leereich.com and I’ll try answering them directly or in this column.

José Matos, 24, alongside his mother Lizet Rodriguez at their home in Miami, Florida, on May 10. (PHOTO BY SCOTT MCINTYRE / THE WASHINGTON POST)

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