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Radon in water is not a problem until the gas escapes the water as it enters your home through faucets, showers, bathtubs and washing machines. Radon is a radioactive gas which comes from the natural decay of uranium found in nearly all soils. (for more information about this topic, see the following link: Radon in Massachusetts. As radon is a colorless, odorless, tasteless element, the need for a water test is all the more critical. Radon in water is a health threat that must be taken care.
RADON typically moves up through the ground to the air above and into your home through cracks and other holes in the foundation, even ones you cannot see. It can also get into your home through well water when you turn on your shower and other water using points inside your home. Your home may trap radon inside where it can build up in concentration. Any home may have a radon in water or radon in air problem; new and old homes, well-sealed and drafty homes, and homes with or without basements.
State Contaminant Guideline Levels (in pCi/L); (As of 7/7/2016)
Massachusetts = 10,000 pico curries/liter
New Hampshire = 2,000 " "
Maine = 4,000 " "
Rhode Island = 4,000 " "
1. Cracks in solid floors
2. Construction joints
3. Cracks in walls
4. Gaps in suspended floors
5. Gaps around service pipes
6. Spaces inside walls
7. The water supply when gas is released into the air in the home
In 1988, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Radiation Control Program performed a study in conjunction with the EPA. The data gathered from that study estimates that one out of four houses may have levels above the 4.0 Pico curries/L in air action level. However, the only way to know if your home has a problem is to perform a test.
Radon is a Class A carcinogen and the second leading cause of lung cancer. The increased risk of developing lung cancer from radon is directly related to the concentration of radon and the length of time that a person is exposed to it. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that there are between 5,000 and 30,000 radon-related lung cancer deaths each year. Radon is the number one cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers, according to EPA.
Cigarette smokers should keep their exposure to radon as low as possible. Smokers have eight times the risk from radon as non-smokers. If the house was tested in an infrequently used basement, it may have measured a radon level that is higher than the actual level you are exposed to, spending most of your time upstairs. People with young children should be more concerned with the possible consequences of radon exposure 20 years from now than someone in their late sixties or seventies. Families with a hereditary predisposition of cancer should be more concerned about radon exposure than families who don't have any history of cancer.
Although no level of radon in water or air is considered absolutely safe, the USEPA action level for radon is 4.0 picocuries per liter of AIR (pCi/L). (pCi/l= picocuries per liter, the most popular method of reporting radon levels. A picoCurie is 0.000,000,000,001 (one-trillionth) of a Curie, an international measurement unit of radioactivity. One pCi/l means that in one liter of air there will be 2.2 radioactive disintegrations each minute. For example, at 4 pCi/l there will be approximately 12,672 radioactive disintegrations in one liter of air, during a 24-hour period.)
The risk of developing lung cancer at 4.0 pCi/L in AIR is estimated at about 7 lung cancer deaths per 1000 persons, which is why the USEPA and IEMA recommend reducing your radon level if the concentration is 4.0 pCi/L or more.
Some common myths about radon:
MYTH: Scientists are not sure that radon really is a problem.
FACT: Although some scientists dispute the precise number of deaths due to radon, all the major health organizations (like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Lung Association and the American Medical Association) agree with estimates that radon causes thousands of preventable lung cancer deaths every year. This is especially true among smokers, since the risk to smokers is much greater than to non-smokers.
MYTH: Homes with radon in water and/or in air can't be fixed, or cannot be fixed economically.
FACT: There are solutions to radon problems in homes. Thousands of homeowners have already fixed radon problems in their homes. Costs to remove radon can range from several hundred to several thousand dollars depending on the source, plumbing and venting considerations.
MYTH: Radon is only a problem in certain parts of the country.
FACT: High radon levels have been found in every state.
MYTH: A neighbor's test result is a good indication of whether your home has a problem.
FACT: Radon levels vary greatly from home to home. The only way to know if your home has a radon problem is to test it.
MYTH: It is difficult to sell homes where radon problems have been discovered.
FACT: Many types of problems can hinder a home sale, but when the problems are fixed before the home is listed, the sales are not slowed down. It is the same for radon. All homes should be tested for radon, and those with problems fixed before being listed for sale. Radon should be tested not only inside the home, but if there is a private well, testing for radon in water is imperative. Radon in water is not uncommon in private wells in Massachusetts, New Hampshire or Maine.
MYTH: I've lived in my home for so long, it doesn't make sense to take action now.
FACT: You will reduce your risk of lung cancer when you reduce radon levels, even if you've lived with a radon problem for a long time.
MYTH: Short-term tests cannot be used for making a decision about whether to fix your home.
FACT: Short term tests can be used to decide whether to fix your home, and for higher radon levels (8 pCi/l or higher) that is all that should be used. Keep in mind that, even though the action level is 4, this is not a "safe" level and that radon levels below 4 pCi/l still pose some risk. Radon levels in most homes can be reduced to 2 pCi/l or less.
If you have further questions on radon, you may call the Radiation Control Program and they will advise you on how to get your home tested and assist you in interpreting the results. If your well tests positive for radon in water, a water treatment professional or state certified lab can be of assistance.


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2011 Summer Movie Preview
As temperatures climb so do expectations for the summer movie season. With only so many weekend opening slots available, studios keep pushing into May to get their movies out in front of the glut of pictures moving into theaters in June and July.
Sequels and super heroes are heavily featured, as well as the ubiquitous 3D, fast becoming the favored fare for summer. Here are some to look forward to:"Thor," the Marvel super hero, makes his debut on May 6 with Australian hunk Chris Hemsworth as the hammer-throwing Viking warrior. A pre-Oscar Natalie Portman also appears in this Kenneth Branaugh-directed fan boy film. Peek-a-boo, Stan Lee, where are you?
"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" (3D) washes in on May 20 with a fourth outing for the Capt. Jack Sparrow franchise. Let's hope Johnny Depp and crew don't phone it in again as they did in the lame-o "At World's End." Penelope Cruz co-stars with Depp and Ian McShane as the dreaded Blackbeard and plenty of pirates and gypsies and zombies, oh my! Who knows if it's any good, but I can tell you it will make scads of money — these always do, hence the sequels.
"Hangover" was the largest grossing R-rated comedy ever. Ever. Rumor has it the sequel was in the works before the first film was out of theaters. All the players including Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis will return for another raunchy buddy comedy in "Hangover 2" on May 27. Can they do it again? I don't know, but I can tell you this involves an international destination, a monkey, they lose Doug again and Galifianakis shaves his head. Oh, yeah.
On June 3, the X-Men will dial up the way-back machine and take this latest installment, "X-Men: First Class" (3D) all the way to the very beginning when Prof. Xavier (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbinder) were still friends and colleagues working for the good of mutants and humans. So if you're wondering how it all went wrong, this should tell us. January Jones appears, too. (Whose bright idea was that?)
The day will finally come June 15 when we say so long to Hogwarts in this last Harry Potter installment, "The Deathly Hallows, Part 2" (3D). When Part 1 debuted in November 2010, it was too late to add 3D, but fear not, it will be available for the highly anticipated face off between Harry and one whose name we dare not speak. Oh, let's do it anyway — Lord Voldemort.
If the trailer is any indication, then "Green Lantern" (3D) could be one of the top-grossing films of the summer. Ryan Reynolds brings the DC Comics character to life on June 17 as the test pilot Hal Jordan chosen to join the legion of universe protectors. Blake Lively co-stars. From what I've seen so far, green looks great on Reynolds.
Clanking into theaters on June 24, "Transformers 3" (3D) with Shia LeBeouf starring and Michael Bay directing — again. Megan Fox is gone, but count on decibel-shattering, over-the-top, relentless stunts and special effects. It's the Bay way.
Another Marvel super hero makes his debut on July 22 when "Captain America: the First Avenger" (3D) arrives. As scrawny Steve Rogers who becomes the super hero, Chris Evans was not the first choice of comic books fans, but he changed minds when he made an appearance at the recent Comic Con. The verdict is still out on this period piece set in World War II with Tommy Lee Jones and Hayley Atwell co-starring. Hugo Weaving takes the part of Red Skull, the bad guy.
Melding the sci-fi with western could be tricky, but this graphic novel adaptation has the most interesting premise of the summer. "Cowboys and Aliens" will be in theaters on July 29 sporting an impressive cast led by Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford. Directed by Jon Favreau, the buzz is good for the genre-bending flick set in the 1800s.
Book lovers have two adaptations coming up: "Water for Elephants" opens shortly on April 22. "Twilight" hottie Robert Pattinson stars with Reese Witherspoon about a young man's adventures in a traveling circus taken from the best seller. Also scheduled for Aug. 12 is "The Help" based on Kathryn Stockett's hugely popular novel of southern life in the '60s. The female-heavy cast includes Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Sissy Spacek and Allison Janney and is directed by Stockett's friend Tate Taylor. This DreamWorks production will be his first feature.
And finally, Terrence Malick fans can mark their calendars for "The Tree of Life." Not much is available about this production involving a father-son relationship that plays out into adulthood with existential questions about the very meaning of love and life. Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, who last worked with this revered actor's director in his elegiac adaptation of "The Thin Red Line" (1998), star in what could be either a masterpiece or an incoherent flop. With Malick, it could actually be both.
Also scheduled for release in the next few months are a plethora of romantic comedies and family movies I didn't have space to get to here. Mercifully, some will actually be in good ol' 2D. Catch 'em before they're gone.

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Admiral William F. Halsey fights to turn the tide against the Japanese during World War II.
Following his retirement ceremony, Fleet Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr. must return to his cabin to don civilian clothes. Before leaving, he asks his valet, Manuel Salvador Jesus Maravilla, for his recollections of their time together, and when Manuel brings up Guadalcanal, Halsey is flooded with memories of his most difficult command: In October 1942, Halsey and his handpicked staff, including pilot and aide Lt. Cmdr Andrew Jefferson Lowe III and flight surgeon Capt. Horace Keys, fly from Pearl Harbor to the South Pacific island of Guadalcanal, which is under heavy fire from Japanese troops, lead by Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto. Yamamoto, a brilliant strategist, learns that a plane has been spotted and, although he does not know that Halsey is aboard, orders the plane intercepted. In turn, Halsey, upon hearing that there has been an unusual amount of Japanese radio traffic, decides to change course, thus avoiding a confrontation. Soon after, Halsey receives notice that he has been selected to take command of the South Pacific forces in Guadalcanal, replacing Adm. Robert L. Ghormley, a close friend of Halsey. Upon reaching his new command ship, Halsey meets with Ghormley and quietly assures his friend that his only mistake was in being the first to lead the difficult battle. Although Yamamoto assumes that Halsey will need at least a month to gain a full understanding of the many military units on the island, Halsey immediately calls all key personnel to brief him, and works at his customary ceaseless pace to get a full picture of the Allied position. Ghormley's chief of staff, Capt. Harry Black, believes he will be fired, both for his loyalty to Ghormley and because he favors a "by-the-book" approach, as opposed to Halsey's more intuitive approach to decision-making, but the fair-minded admiral asks him to stay on, as he values the captain's experience and contrasting viewpoint. After working through the night, Halsey meets with the heads of each branch of the military: Air Force Maj. Gen. Millard F. Harmon; Army Col. Evans Carlson, who created Carlson's Raiders; Marines Maj. Gen. Archie Vandegrift; aviation commander Maj. Gen. Roy Geiger; and Navy supply ship commander Rear Adm. Kelly Turner. From each, Halsey hears the same story: they need more men, more supplies and more naval protection. Although the situation is bleak, Halsey reminds them that Guadalcanal is the stronghold of the Allied defense and must be held, and promises aid, though he knows that he will be hard-pressed to obtain any more supplies or air support from Washington. Later, Halsey diverts nearby troops to the Guadalcanal ground force, despite Black's misgivings that they do not have the proper authorization. At the end of the day, Lowe and Keys try to convince Halsey to get his annual shots and go to sleep, but the wily admiral evades them and plans a trip the next morning to the front lines, regardless of the danger. There, he personally observes the harsh conditions, with young boys remaining courageous in the face of hunger, crippling injuries and exhaustion. Even the hardened Halsey is forced to seek shelter in a bunker when the Japanese planes relentlessly strife the camps. The next day, as Halsey is readying to leave, Lowe informs him that the soldiers have gathered to hear him talk. Halsey is reluctant but delivers a stirring speech, reminding the boys how vital their sacrifice is, then nails Yamamoto's intercepted terms for the Allied surrender to a tree to inspire them. The admiral's visit inspires the troops, and soon Yamamoto learns that resistance has increased. As Yamamoto plans the obliteration of the island's airfield, Halsey soon deduces that a major attack is forthcoming. Although the Allies have only two carriers to fight the entire Japanese fleet, Halsey plots a surprise attack. That night, Halsey grants Lowe's request to enter combat on one of the carriers, the Enterprise , and when Lowe's only final plea is for the admiral to get his shots, Halsey is forced to acquiesce, to the delight of his entire crew, who line up to watch. Halsey remains awake all night while the attack is mounted. When it is over, he understands that the outcome was strategically positive despite the huge losses to the Americans. The other military leaders fear that they are too weak to go on, but Halsey points out that Yamamoto has historically always failed to follow up on an advance, and pools the military's mechanics to repair the damages to the carriers. His hunch proves correct, as Yamamoto retreats, allowing the Americans to work on the carriers. On the Enterprise , Halsey approaches pilot Roy Webb to be his new aide, and when Webb explains that he recently lost half his squadron and feels unfit for duty, Halsey counsels, "There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet." Later, Halsey's men correctly guess that Yamamoto will attack on November 11. On November 9, the Navy sends supplies and reinforcements, and Halsey is forced to order the still-crippled Enterprise to protect the arriving ship. Soon after, he learns that his son's plane is missing in action. Yamamoto then moves his command closer and determines to visit his front lines, as Halsey has done. Meanwhile, Halsey prepares for battle, tormented by the multitude of lives he must sacrifice. Alone in his room, the admiral tries to clear his mind of the voices and uncertainties that plague him. By morning, many of Halsey's men¿and friends¿have been killed, but the defense has been successful, and Halsey learns that his son is alive. Lowe presents Halsey with his fourth star, which he orders sent to the widows of the naval admirals. Just that morning, the Allied forces have managed to break the Japanese code and have learned that Yamamoto is aboard a nearby ship. Despite some misgivings that this may be a trap, Halsey goes against protocol to detach ships to attack him. Allowing his key personnel to help plan the assault, Halsey rushes forces in. The Japanese are soon in retreat, but Halsey is disheartened to hear about the huge American casualties. The soldiers, sailors and pilots continue fighting despite their exhaustion. Finally, word comes that Yamamoto and his top aides have been killed, and the men enjoy a triumphant celebration. Back in the present, Halsey changes into a suit and bids a fond goodbye to Manuel. As he leaves the ship, each member of his staff salutes him with the great respect and affection that he has never failed to earn.
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the gallant hours
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This officers only look at combat, which sedulously eschews blood and thunder and seeks to give the Japanese brass equal treatment (something only a... MORE>
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If you've lost a spouse or civil partner you could be entitled to non-means-tested financial help, known as bereavement benefits. There are also other benefits which can help you get by financially if you are on a low income.
Bereavement benefits
Bereavement Payment
A one-off tax-free lump sum payment of £2,000 based on your spouse or civil partner's National Insurance contributions. To be entitled, you must be under State Pension age when they died.
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To avoid losing any benefit, you should claim within three months of the deceased's death.
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A taxable benefit which may be payable if you are a parent and your spouse or civil partner has died and they paid enough National Insurance contributions. You must be under State Pension age and be receiving or entitled to Child Benefit for at least one child.
To avoid losing any benefit, you should claim within three months of the deceased's death.
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- Pension Credit (only if you receive Bereavement Allowance)
Bereavement Payment counts as savings when your entitlement to some means-tested benefits is worked out. So, in other words, if you get the one-off Bereavement Payment, you might see a reduction in the following benefits:
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Call or visit your local Jobcentre Plus to understand how your payments will be affected
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Bereavement benefits will help pay for some of your immediate expenses after the death of your partner. But remember, Bereavement Payment is a one-off payment and Bereavement Allowance is only payable for 52 weeks from the date your spouse or civil partner died.
So, it's important to plan for how you will manage all your outgoings when these payments stop, as you'll probably have to manage on a lower income. Try to keep some of this money back to help you get by in the longer term.
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If your partner was already claiming benefits for your household, you'll need to check if you are eligible to claim these in your name now. As low income benefits are means-tested, now that your circumstances have changed you might not get as much, or you could be entitled to more.
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Funeral Payment
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Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA)
|You must have a low income and few savings, and be available for work.
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Income Support
|You're a lone parent with a child under 5 or you're a carer on a low income with little savings.
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Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
|You can't get work because of illness or disability.
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Working Tax Credit
|You work at least 16 hours per week but you're on a low income.
|Find out more about Working Tax Credit on the GOV.UK website
Universal Credit
|You're looking for work or on a low income. (This is being introduced between April 2013 and October 2017.)
|Universal Credit – an introduction
Pension Credit
|You are over State Pension age and on a lower income.
|Find out more about Pension Credit on the GOV.UK website
Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (pays all or part of your rent, but not for inclusive bills such as water or heating)
|You must be on a low income and have few savings.
|Find out more about Housing Benefit and Local Housing Allowance on the GOV.UK website
Help with Council Tax (pays part or all of your Council Tax) or Rate Relief in Northern Ireland
|You must have a low or no income and few savings.
|Find out more about help with Council Tax on the GOV.UK website
Use a benefit calculator on the GOV.UK website to find out what you may be entitled to.
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Saturday, June 9, 2012
DIY Button Tufted Headboard
If you're looking for a tutorial to follow, I highly recommend the ones over at Little Green Notebook and Brick City Love. My headboard took elements from both of those tutorials, and I must say that they were very helpful. Rather than trying to reinvent the wheel, I thought I'd just share some photos of my process and a few notes on things I learned as I went along.
I'm not sure where the idea for this headboard first happened. I must have seen something similar and got it stuck in my head. I spent months combing the internet for tutorials and inspiration images (many of my favorites I added to my pinterest board), until I finally gathered up the supplies and the courage to tackle this project myself.
For my California King mattress, I ended up making the headboard two feet tall and six feet wide. I found this size made a big enough impact, while still being able to fit all the materials in my car! Upholstery foam also happens to be about two feet wide, which is another reason this size was so convenient.
While other people have simply hung their headboards on the wall, I didn't really trust myself to be able to hang it securely enough to stand up to regular use. Instead, I made a simple frame using 1x3 and 1x2 boards. I was originally going to use plywood, but I'm really happy that I chose to use pegboard instead. It kept the headboard very lightweight, so that it was no trouble for me to flip around on my own. It also saved me a ton of time since I didn't have to drill 43 button holes. The frame helped keep the pegboard from flexing and gave me a nice surface to staple the fabric to.
For my 6ft long headboard, I only purchased 2.5 yards of dark gray upholstery weight chenille fabric. As soon as I came home from the store, I got this sinking feeling that I had seriously miscalculated. Consequently, I decided not to try to cover the legs with fabric, and instead just painted them white to match the sheets. In hindsight, painting them with the wall color paint would also have been a smart idea. I'll save you the suspense and tell you that I had *just* enough fabric to cover the headboard, but I would have preferred a bit more just to be safe!
I charted out the button spacing so that there were 5 long rows (3 of 9 buttons, 2 of 8 buttons). The spacing worked on a 4" unit in either direction. I happened to have a metal broom handle that was the perfect diameter for punching out 1/2" tunnels through the foam for my covered buttons to fall into.
I used some fiberfill from an old pillow between the batting and the upholstery foam--though I'm not sure if it made a big difference in the end result.
I have to say, my least favorite part of this process was making the covered buttons. They simply don't want to come together around such thick fabric! I eventually came up with a system involving a rubber mallet and a whole bunch of glue, but managed to break two of the little assembly tools in the process. If you choose a thicker pile fabric like I did, you might be wise to ask a local upholstery shop to cover buttons for you. It would cost a little extra, but would save some trouble.
Every tutorial I read suggested starting in the middle, and working row by row. I started out this way, but quickly ran into trouble when I started on the next row. Having never done this before, and being too lazy to figure out how to mark the appropriate spacing on the fabric, I found that I wasn't getting the right amount of tension on the fabric. When I started the second row, I wasn't always able to make nice diamond folds in the fabric. So, I decided to start over. The nice thing is that there was no damage to the fabric, so starting over isn't a big deal.
I did start in the middle, but ended up working in every which direction from that middle point. This let me really play with the folds in the fabric so that I didn't use too much of the slack in any one direction. Once I started doing it this way, it was pretty easy to figure out the rest.
I ended up using a package of waxed button thread I found in the upholstery section of Joann Fabric. I really liked working with it because the wax kind of holds your knots in place with friction as you work, so the buttons don't fight against you the whole time. I originally was going to staple the thread to the back of the pegboard, but the density of the pegboard made stapling impossible, so I ended up using all the random little buttons I could find. They worked perfectly to secure the thread.
One note on buying supplies: if you have a smart phone, you must download the free app from Joann. It gives you a bunch of great coupons each week, and then you can join me on my quest to never buy anything there for less than 50% off ;).
I propped my headboard up on four chairs, allowing me to work over and under the board with ease. here I've worked from the center to one end, and have started working the other direction.
Finished and attached to the bed frame with carriage bolts.
I worked on putting this together in bits and pieces over the course of a week. If you were really determined, you could finish this in a weekend. It's not a terribly difficult thing to make, though you will need to work smartly and thoughtfully to ensure a professional-looking end product. I hope I've inspired a few more people to try it out! Oh, and if a headboard isn't your thing, this technique could also make a lovely bench--I'm thinking of making one of those in the future!
68 comments:
- Melanie Rose said...
Wow, that looks so professional. You make it look so easy.
- June 10, 2012 at 11:01 AM
- carrie @ brick city love said...
Thanks for leaving a comment on my tutorial. Your headboard looks so awesome!!! I LOVE it! Wonderful job.
- June 12, 2012 at 8:54 AM
- Hilary said...
Wow, this is gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing your process. I agree with the first commenter that you make it look easy! Which has made me obsessed with making my own...
- June 12, 2012 at 2:00 PM
- Allison said...
Love it!
- June 19, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Brilliant to use the peg board. Lining up the tufts evenly isn't easy, but your innovation makes it easy!
- August 24, 2012 at 6:26 PM
sonI just make a queen tufted headboard for the guess room I used cream micro fabric it is so beautiful. I also put it on legs, the buttons on the bottom is a great idea I wished I did that, I used little circles of fabric to hold the button in place. Thank you for your post. rose
- August 29, 2012 at 10:36 AM
I'm planning to make a tufted headboard and have been searching the internet for tutorials. Yours has been the best combination of various techniques (I did save the tutorials from brickcitylove and littlegreennotebook). But I was wondering, how did you finish the fabric around the legs? Also, did you use 2" or 3" foam?
- September 5, 2012 at 11:48 AM
- Meghan said...
Hi Powerpuff,
Thanks for the compliment! I used 2" foam and I think it's perfectly adequate. To finish the fabric around the legs I just played around with folding it and tucking it until it looked ok, then stapled it in place. It's not visible when the headboard is in use, so I didn't worry too much about it being perfect.
- September 5, 2012 at 1:38 PM
It looks great. What size buttons did you use? I bought some 5/8" this weekend but they seem small. Thanks!
- September 16, 2012 at 6:39 PM
- Rachael said...
Gorgeous! You have inspired me to make my own! Thanks!
- September 21, 2012 at 5:23 PM
- September 30, 2012 at 8:10 PM
- September 30, 2012 at 8:10 PM
Gorgeous! And FYI the fiberfill will make your beautiful creation last longer! It protects your fabric from the foam :)
- October 11, 2012 at 1:32 AM
- John G said...
Where did u get the pegboard and how much it costed you?
- October 13, 2012 at 8:35 PM
Beautiful and thankyou for detailing all the irksome bits too.Brilliant job. Well done!!
- November 18, 2012 at 5:54 PM
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- December 2, 2012 at 10:16 PM
- K @ Shift Ctrl ART said...
It looks really awesome! I wish I could picture what that broom handle looked like that you made the holes with. Was that part difficult?
- December 4, 2012 at 7:39 AM
- Raj Guru Sindhi said...
Really it looks awesome, Like u your all work is clean, clear and best.
- December 4, 2012 at 9:28 PM
- Amalia said...
Great tutorial! I too have been scouring the net looking for tuts on how to do this and I love your idea of using peg board to keep it light! Is peg board less expensive than plywood as well? I love the simplicity and the tufting. I admit I was thinking of making a scalloped and fancy designed one but I really like yours. One thing that scares me is the tufting. I have seen is done after the material has been stapled to the back and that just seems way easier then fussing over the way the fabric folds. I can see myself brought to tears over it not working out easily.
- December 5, 2012 at 12:48 PM
- Angela Dearman said...
This was so, so helpful. My husband and I will tackle this project soon. EXACTLY what I have envisioned for our headboard!! Thank you so much for taking the time to post!
- December 9, 2012 at 2:00 PM
- Jesse Heimann said...
I am so making one just like this! Funny thing is I already had grey velvet material picked out before I even saw your post :P
- December 26, 2012 at 9:19 PM
This is gorgeous Meghan! Thanks for your tutorial - You make it look so easy. I've been looking for a specific headboard and since I couldn't find one a friend of mine sent me your post. Now I get to have the exact headboard I want! Thanks again!!
- December 31, 2012 at 1:05 PM
Hello! I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a couple minutes of your time to help myself and some classmates in some home improvement research.
Thank you so much and have a happy new year!
- January 3, 2013 at 1:34 PM
Great job. Thanks for so many picts and great details. It looks great
- January 12, 2013 at 10:15 PM
- Mandy said...
What size buttons did you use?
- January 17, 2013 at 7:46 PM
- Marcus said...
Well done but please consider using and recommending natural products such as latex rubber or coconut fibre instead of modern foam which is such a terrible pollutant
- January 20, 2013 at 11:18 AM
- Kate Appelman said...
SO happy to find your site with this tutorial. I've been imagining making one for my little girl's room. Glad I saw this first, there's more detail involved than I first thought! Good to know!!!
- January 21, 2013 at 9:21 PM
- Shelly said...
Going to tackle this project this weekend! Thanks for the post!
- January 22, 2013 at 7:25 AM
Where did you buy the peg board from? I've been looking online for prices and can't seem to find decent options! Thanks!
- February 14, 2013 at 2:24 PM
- Loni Dixon said...
What diameter were your buttons? Any suggestions for the top buttons on minimum diameter? Thanks!
- March 8, 2013 at 6:04 PM
Love it but I doubt to make it by myself. But thanks for the insight, at least I know the process of creating it.
- March 13, 2013 at 8:36 PM
- Sharon B. said...
Hi Meghan,
I just wanted to let you know that I featured your headboard in a blog post of my favorite DIY headboard roundups at this link: http://www.lilikoijoy.com/2013/04/15-favorite-diy-upholstered-headboards.html
Thank you for inspiring me! Sharon
- April 1, 2013 at 8:20 PM
Just gorgeous! Looks professional and classy! Thanks for all the info! How much did it cost you in total? Thanks
- April 7, 2013 at 12:08 AM
- SB said...
Yes, how much was the project total?
- April 20, 2013 at 8:58 AM
- SB said...
Yes how much total?
- April 20, 2013 at 8:59 AM
- Bianca said...
The result is super great. I saw some gorgeous diy headboards.
- May 14, 2013 at 9:26 AM
- Jessica - xoxo said...
Great tutorial! I made one using your tutorial and it turned out more than perfect! Thanks so much for taking the time to post this - I'd love if you checked out mine! http://fabricandoldlace.blogspot.com/2013/06/h-is-for-headboard.html
- June 2, 2013 at 10:45 AM
Thank you for this tutorial! I am in the middle of making it right now and this makes it so much easier to understand. :)
- July 9, 2013 at 3:28 PM
Having viewed many sites, all are helpful but I began with Addicted2Decorating and their tufted headboard.It is, arguably, the most complete explanation for its style. Upholstery shops will charge about $1.25 per button, on your shell, to cover...a bargain. 1/2 inch composite plywood can be found as cheap as $16/4x8 sheet at home depot.
- August 21, 2013 at 12:49 PM
To anyone that its helpful...i followed this tutorial and it was very helpful. I bought a 4ftx8ft (48" x96") pegboard from lowe's for $16. But my bed is the exact size in this tutorial (a king) which is 72" long. Lowe's/ Home Depot will cut the pegboard to your desired size for free...sad to say i didnt know that then! You pretty much choose the height that you want. Then upholstery foam gets higher at cost by the inches in thickness. So the foam i chose came in 3" thick 24" width and 72"long. So therefore i didnt have to cut it...just the pegboard for a perfect fit. I used 7/8" buttons...which arent as big as they seem when pushed in the foam and fabric! Reminder: when stapling the fabric or whatever to the pegboard, you would havd to use much strength because pegboards are light in weight but very durable! Hopefully this helps!
- August 30, 2013 at 10:17 PM
- Melody Reese said...
Could someone please give me more information on how you put the frame together. Thanks!
- February 15, 2014 at 1:18 PM
great tip on using pegboard. seems much easier than other directions ive found. great directions. thank you
- February 22, 2014 at 1:39 AM
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- February 28, 2014 at 2:36 AM
Where did you get your foam? How much was it, foam is like 120bucks and even with a 50% its more than i thought it would cost... im making bench so i already spend some on a frame but now all this stuff is starting to add up=(
- May 2, 2014 at 9:06 AM
Thanks you have motivated me to attempt my own headboard your one looks great.
Awesome!!! job well done.
- June 28, 2014 at 11:04 PM
- Star @ A Load Of Craft said...
I LOVE the tufting so much! I also wanted to let you know that I linked to you from my site at http://www.aloadofcraft.com/2014/08/tutorial-how-to-make-tufted-fabric.html
- August 1, 2014 at 1:33 AM
- pamb said...
Looks fabulous! Hoping to do a bench and a headboard shortly!! Love the chair work area idea... thanks for sharing that tip! And the pegboard!
- November 4, 2014 at 6:41 AM
- Christine said...
What type of fabric did you buy for this project and how much?
- November 7, 2014 at 11:36 AM
- http://www.everythingheadboards.com/ said...
This is gorgeous! Loving all the details. The texture and color will definitely spice up a bedroom.
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- February 4, 2015 at 4:09 AM
Beautiful work. Thank you for posting. Your instructions are very good I have always wanted a bench like this. I am planning a different type of headboard
- February 16, 2015 at 11:05 PM
- Nina VC said...
Thank you! Thank you! I was just speaking with Mr. Man on how to do this headboard. Pinterest Board bound!
- February 19, 2015 at 5:03 PM
Thank you for this. I am now inspired to make my own headboard having just found some vintage velvet.
- March 12, 2015 at 4:12 AM
- Tufted Headboard said...
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- April 18, 2015 at 10:21 AM
- ProForbes said...
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- October 24, 2015 at 4:34 AM
- ProForbes said...
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- December 8, 2015 at 11:41 PM
- Patricia G said...
my name is Patricia , I just think that is a gorgeous head board!
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thank you
- May 18, 2016 at 10:23 AM
- mmkelly12 said...
Thanks for this tutorial! I just made one and it looks great. Some things I did differently: I called a small (like in his garage) upholstery store and he ended up letting me use his button making machine because I absolutely could not get the little kits to work. I also used a little round of cotton when tying it off. Meaning I pulled the tuft tight, and placed the cotton against the pegboard, and then I tied it off over the cotton. It worked really well and I didn't have to use a staple gun or button.
- July 20, 2016 at 7:19 AM
- jess long said...
Love it! Could the buttons just be painted? or fabric alone glued on without stuffing added? Just saying how well can this detail be seen? I think the button thing would break my will.
- August 16, 2016 at 5:48 AM
- midlife in winston salem said...
hey I love the headboard..i have old sleighbed...can I use same instruction to put tufted fabric on the old bed..would I still need pegboard?
- August 23, 2016 at 12:51 PM
- midlife in winston salem said...
hey I love the headboard..i have old sleighbed...can I use same instruction to put tufted fabric on the old bed..would I still need pegboard?
- August 23, 2016 at 12:55 PM
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- September 4, 2017 at 6:04 AM
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City of Lincoln
Mayor's Office
2004 Media Releases
Mayor Coleen J. Seng today announced that traffic on North 16th and North 17th streets near the UNL campus will switch from paired one-way streets to two-way streets beginning Friday, February 13, weather permitting. This change is necessary for construction of the Antelope Valley Project.
The waterway will cause North 17th Street to be permanently closed for one block south of "Y" street, and a new street, called the "Y" Street Connector, has been built from North 17th west to North 16th just north of Nebraska Hall. Traffic headed north on North 17th will turn west on the "Y" Street Connector and then proceed north on North 16th. North 16th, which curves into Holdrege Street, will be two-way from the "Y" Street Connector to the intersection with North 17th. North 17th will be two-way from the existing "Y" Street to its intersection with Holdrege. A map and other information is available on the City web site at lincoln.ne.gov.
"This is a major shift in traffic patterns, and safety is our first priority," said Mayor Seng. "We urge drivers to be cautious and courteous as everyone adjusts to the changes. We understand these changes may take time to get used to, but they are necessary for this important project to move forward."
The Antelope Valley Project includes transportation improvements, stormwater management and community revitalization. Project partners are the City of Lincoln, the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District and the University of Nebraska. The improvements now under way are scheduled to take six to ten years to complete. The roadway and flood channel projects will include the construction of 12 bridges and 6.2 miles of new roadway. By reducing traffic congestion and the threat of flooding, the project is expected to attract private investments in housing, retail and office developments.
The first community revitalization project, Northeast Community Park at 33rd and Leighton, is nearing completion. Work is under way to reconstruct Military Road, which will provide a new west entrance to State Fair Park. The first phase of the project's flood control component along Antelope Creek from Salt Creek past the Devaney Sports Center to the railroad tracks has been completed. The traffic changes coming this month are necessary for continued extension of the flood channel waterway.
A new roadway and bridge are under construction from 17th Street north of Nebraska Hall running northeast to "Y" Street. That new road and bridge are scheduled to open October 1, 2004. Eventually a new north-south, six-lane street and railroad overpass will carry major traffic in the area and eliminate the delays and safety issues at the railroad crossing. North 16th and North 17th will carry a lighter load of local traffic.
"We currently have about 30,000 vehicles a day on North 16th and North 17th, which run through a very congested area of campus," said Wayne Teten, Antelope Valley Manager. "The Antelope Valley Project will lead to a safer campus for drivers and pedestrians."
An Antelope Valley Public Information Team has been established to communicate with the public as the project moves forward. An Antelope Valley Project link can be found on the home page of the City web site (lincoln.ne.gov) and will be updated frequently. An Antelope Valley Hotline has been set up at 458-5999 to take questions on the project. Mayor Seng also introduced a new safety mascot for the project -- Antelope Valley Andy.
"Local cartoonist Paul Fell created Andy, who is a little antelope character wearing an orange safety hat and vest," said Mayor Seng. "We know this project will cause some frustration for the public, so we created Andy to inject some humor. His main purpose, however, is to draw attention to the importance of safety as we move forward." Andy will also be used outside of Lincoln to inform visitors of traffic changes before they come to Lincoln for athletic tournaments and other events.
The next project to begin in March is the Vine Street project, which will include a new bridge and roadway construction from near 17th Street to 27th Street. Work will be done over a two-year period with some lane restrictions in 2004. The major paving will take place in 2005. All lanes will be open this fall to accommodate football traffic.


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Head-to-Toe Kentucky Derby Fashion Guide
The Kentucky Derby isn't all about the horses. It has become a place to see and be seen. Follow our guide on Kentucky Derby fashion so you'll fit right in.
The Derby Hat
Whether you're in the infield or a box in Millionaire's Row, hats are a must at the Derby. They can be simple or grandiose, custom-made or off the rack, just make sure to have one perched atop your head.
"If you don't wear a hat to the Kentucky Derby," says Sheila Nobles of C.K. Nobles, the official milllinery designer for the Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs, "you'll feel like the woman who wears jeans to a little black dress party."
Trend Alert: This year look for the fascinator, a hot new trend from across the pond, to be all the rage at Churchill Downs. Popularized by royal bride Kate Middleton, these chic, dainty headpieces are made from a simple woven disc topped with feathers and netting and secured in your hair with a comb. One more reason to love a fascinator—they won't leave you with dreaded hat hair at the end of the day.
The Dress
Like hats, dresses are a given at the Derby. But the interpretation can vary, with attendees sporting everything from strapless sundresses to more formal day suits. Your best bet is to keep the silhouette simple, as to not detract from your exquisite hat. And remember to think in terms of layers. The first Saturday in May has seen everything from snowfall to 80-degree scorchers at Churchill Downs.
The Shoes
Churchill Downs's cobblestone pathways and unpredictable May weather can make Derby footwear tricky. The solution? Go ahead and sport those sexy heels, but pack a backup pair of cute flats, too. They'll be a perfectly acceptable alternative.
The Jewelry
Since the hat is the crowning jewel at the Derby, there's no need for large, statement jewelry. Our advice: Let your hat shine as the primary accessory and opt for simple pieces such as an understated strand of pearls or delicate bangles.
The Bag
Derby veterans actually carry two bags the day of the event. One: A sleek clutch for placing bets and mingling. Two: A stylish tote to house all those just-in-case items including the aforementioned flats.
Bonus: The Guys
While some men adorn their heads with 1920s-style hats, at the Derby headgear isn't as popular for men as it is for women. What is in is eye-catching color. Classic seersucker suits, pants in shades of red, green, yellow, and orange, and dress shirts in bright hues are all perfectly fitting for the occasion. Help your handsome fella pull the look together with a colorful bow tie or tie from Vineyard Vines, the official tie maker of the Kentucky Derby.


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Thursday, July 5, 2007
It's NOT a F@#king War!!!
It's Bullshit!!! Pure Bullshit! If it was a f@#king war, there would be 100,000 plus troops there bombing the shit out of everything in sight. It's a military action put in place to stop a group of people called the Taliban - the same Taliban that the US government propped up for years against the Russians. We're supposed to be there to prop up a rampantly corrupt government, get rid of Al-Queda, and rebuild some infrastructure. So, does anyone in their right mind see that happening in the immediate future? When I say immediate, I mean within the next ten years. Anyone?
I, for one, will call this an "UNWINNABLE WAR". Russia couldn't beat the Taliban and our 35,000 NATO forces scattered all over the place aren't gonna beat them either. So my question is: HOW MANY MORE CANADIAN MEN AND WOMEN ARE WE WILLING TO LET COME HOME IN CASKETS AFTER 2009??? 100? 1000? 10,000? WE'VE ALREADY LOST 2.5% OF OUR CURRENT DEPLOYMENT THERE.
In the meantime, we have a little 2.5 million person genocide going on that nobody gives a rats ass about.
7 comments:
- Peter Loewen said...
The Taliban's first military action was in 1994. The Americans supported the mujhadeen. These are not the same people (though they are minimally overlapping sets).
Anyway, I get it that you think the Taliban should be asked to certainly take power immediately and not perhaps take it in two or ten years.
- Jul 5, 2007, 4:21:00 PM
- Liberal 4evr said...
well put, couldn't of said it better myself, my big beaf is the war crimals, drug dealers and warlords we are proping up with the lives of our boys and girls...its uncanadian and discusting.
- Jul 5, 2007, 5:13:00 PM
- DivaRachel said...
I would much rather send our troops to keep the peace somewhere where they don't use IDEs. Surely there are other countries that could use some schools and roads! And what about Sudan!?
- Jul 5, 2007, 7:13:00 PM
- MRC said...
Tell the children of Afghanistan that they are not living in a war zone.
It's not about symantics. What is the difference really?
There was an awful oppressive gov't in Afghanistan who was stripping its people of basic human rights and allowing terrorists to use its land as a training ground to destablize the world. Something had to be done about it. Nobody WANTS a war, but perhaps stronger action with more NATO support and we wouldn't be having this argument. It would and should be in the reconstruction phase. The USA took it's eye of the real target.
Our soldiers should be proud of fighting a noble mission/war/whatever. There should have been more support for it and dealt with it more swiftly. This was/is not unwinnable. But as Dion says, we need to get a handle on the Poppy fields. That is the major problem and the only way to destabilize the Taliban.
The argument about the US proping up the Taliban is a red herring. Not relevant, but certainly a big mistake in retrospect.
- Jul 5, 2007, 7:52:00 PM
- James Curran said...
Tell the 2.5 million in Darfur their lives are worthless.
We went to Afghanistan NOT for the Taliban, but to "find" Osama and Al-quaeda. Just remember that.
Russia already tried to kill the Taliban. Didn't work.
If you want them gone, send another 100,000 troops and get rid of them just as Vietnam got rid of the Khmer Rouge from their country. While you're at it establish a new Pakistani government as well.
BTW. The children will suffer more with an escalated action. Korea wasn't a war either. It was know as a Policing action.
- Jul 5, 2007, 8:07:00 PM
- Peter Loewen said...
You are wrong on several counts.
First, Russia did not try to kill the Taliban, an organization which emerged some years after Russian withdrawal. Nor did we fund them during the 80s, as you suggest above.
Second, the NATO invasion was in fact tasked with removing the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan, not only finding bin Laden.
Third, the Khmer Rouge was in Cambodia. Which is not Vietnam.
Fourth, no one is guiltless in our neglect of Darfur, but you are providing a clearly false choice. We are not not in Darfur because we are in Afghanistan and it's near deceitful to suggest otherwise. We are not in Darfur because there is no multilateral consensus to go and because we (Canada) do not have the will to do so in the absence of such a consensus. It's for shame, I agree.
Do you know that in 1998 the Taliban killed more than 8000 civilians in a two days and then left their bodies to rot in the streets for six more? Surely such actions would repeat if we left Afghanistan to them again. I'd think hard about that before I started accusing those who support the mission in Afghanistan of turning a blind eye to the suffering of civilians, whether in Afghanistan or Darfur.
- Jul 5, 2007, 10:00:00 PM
- James Curran said...
Okay. Allow me backtrack and concede.
1. The Vietnamese sure as hell did drive the Khmer Rouge out of Cambodia. I suppose it was lost in the wording. Nonetheless, that is how you get rid of an unwanted group.
2. The Russians, like the Americans, were invited into Afghanistan by the ruling government of the day. I'll concede the mujahadin as the enemy and not the Taliban. Score one for you. Nonetheless, The Russians were invited in and could never win the hearts and minds, suffered major casualties and went home empty. That was with 80,000 soldiers, 2 tank brigades, 2 helicopter brigades, and an entire air force.
Out of that lovely military action came the wonderful Al-quaeda and taliban groups. All were trained - including the mujahadin - and funded by the US.
History of the Taliban 101
The Taliban initially had enormous goodwill from Afghans weary of the corruption, brutality and incessant fighting of Mujahideen warlords. Two contrasting narratives of the beginnings of the Taliban are that the rape and murder of boys and girls from a family traveling to Kandahar or a similar outrage by Mujahideen bandits sparked Mullah Omar and his students to vow to rid Afghanistan of these criminals. The other is that the Pakistan-based lorry shipping mafia known as the "Afghanistan Transit Trade" and their allies in the Pakistan government, trained, armed and financed the Taliban to clear the southern road across Afghanistan to the Central Asian Republics of extortionate bandit gangs. What actually marks the beginning of the Taliban is when, in the late 1970s, the CIA and the ISI (Pakistan's Interservices Intelligence Agency) started the process of gathering radical Muslims from around the world to fight against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Osama Bin Laden was one of the key players in organizing these U.S. backed training camps for the Muslims. The U.S. poured funds and arms into Afghanistan and "by 1987, 65,000 tons of U.S.-made weapons and ammunition a year were entering the war" . The Taliban were based in the Helmand, Kandahar and Uruzgan region, and were overwhelmingly ethnic Pashtuns and predominantly Durrani Pashtuns. They received training and arms from Pakistan, the U.S. as well as other Middle Eastern countries who had been recruited by the U.S. to thwart the Soviet invasion of this region.
So you see, the Russians did fight the Taliban. And for the US it was a matter of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend".
Now, we, as the Russians were, were invited by the ruling government of the day. So, I ask you, How we making out? We're already 5 years in.
3. I cringe when I hear of the mass murders you speak of. Iraq had them. Yugoslavia had them. Somalia...Darfur, and the list continues. Bad wars are bad wars. Iraq is one of them. Vietnam was one of them. Afghanistan/Russia was one of them. And, now, Afghanistan is one of them again.
4. World peace, stopping genocides, defending the denfenseless and saving the world has always been Canada's calling on the world stage. Propping up weak and corrupt governments is the job of the US.
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Fruit, vegetable farmers work to keep what they've sown
Eat your broccoli. After all, you might be helping to pay for it.
Challenging a broccoli market dominated by California, researchers boosted by federal funds are on a multi-year mission to encourage new East Coast production. They've had some success. They've also helped show how farm bills are changing.
"The project would absolutely not have happened" without the federal help, noted Cornell University associate professor Thomas Bjorkman, citing new academic and industry cooperation as well as the funding. "The audacious expectations of the (research) program also inspired us to think this big."
Farm bill dollars -- and disagreements – traditionally focus on subsidies for crops such as wheat, cotton, corn and rice. That's still the case this year, as Congress approaches a Sept. 30 deadline for rewriting the 2008 farm bill. Tens of billions of dollars are on the line.
But for fruit and vegetable growers, and others lumped under the specialty-crop category, federal farm bills offer new significance and new seductions. The 2008 bill broke fresh ground; including, depending on how the money is counted, upward of $3 billion aiding specialty crops. Now the unsubsidized industry that once touted its independence is lobbying hard to hold on to what it has.
"We went into the 2007-2008 farm bill trying to get equity for specialty crops," said Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Calif. "We got out of that bill what we needed to; now we're fighting from a different place than we were before."
The 2008 farm bill, passed over President George W. Bush's veto, recalibrated assumptions for specialty-crop growers and lawmakers alike. The lawmakers are starting from a different baseline this year: The question isn't whether to include specialty crop programs, but at what funding level. Or, as Cardoza put it sardonically, "The Midwest folks would love to steal our money back."
The growers, in turn, must entangle themselves in a political world that some once shunned. This week, for instance, the California Farm Bureau Federation and the Western Growers Association sent delegations to Capitol Hill. A Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance has rallied more than 140 like-minded organizations to press the case over many months.
"We want to make sure that the money that's really important (for us) is still part of the farm bill," California Farm Bureau Federation President Paul Wenger, an almond and walnut grower from Modesto, said Thursday. "Everything is going to be trimmed a little . . . (but) we won't give up what we got."
Thirty-two House of Representatives Democrats from California echoed the argument this week, with a group letter to House Agriculture Committee leaders that urged continued support for specialty crops.
This support can take many forms. It can be money for pest detection and assorted nutrition programs that buy fruits and vegetables. It can include environmental and conservation programs that some California lawmakers fear might get consolidated to the state's detriment, and it includes several programs with the term "specialty crop" right in the title.
The 2008 bill, for instance, devoted $230 million to a Specialty Crop Research Initiative. University of California at Davis researchers have tapped the money, an Agriculture Department summary explains, "to show how fresh fruits and vegetables with enhanced flavor can be successfully handled, without compromising food safety, so as to improve consumer satisfaction." University of Florida researchers are using several million dollars to develop a rot-resistant Southern grape. Pennsylvania State University researchers are examining honeybees, and Bjorkman's broccoli team at Cornell is testing hybrids suitable for East Coast conditions.
Some have their work cut out for them, competitively speaking. California farmers grow broccoli on about 106,000 acres, according to a 2007 Agriculture Department study. East Coast farmers, by contrast, harvest broccoli from fewer than 1,500 acres.
"We are doing first- and second-generation trials up and down the East Coast," said Bjorkman, a graduate of the University of California-Davis. "We are also developing grower networks who have the expertise, infrastructure and markets needed to expand production."
Specialty crop growers also are hoping to hold on to a block grant program, which provides $55 million a year.
In a classic gesture of spreading political good will, every state is guaranteed some funding, but big-time specialty-crop states dominate. Florida received $4.3 million, Washington state received $3.1 million and California took $18 million last year, with projects that ranged from public relations campaigns for leafy greens to improved wine grape-growing practices in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee has approved its bill, largely satisfactory to the specialty crop industry, and lawmakers hope to bring it up on the Senate floor within a few weeks. The House Agriculture Committee hasn't yet written its version. Lawmakers then will have to work out their differences, which are likely to be most pronounced over how to handle traditionally subsidized crops.
"This is the Senate, so we can't predict exactly what's going to happen," cautioned Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, the agriculture committee's chair.