From the Homesteading/Survivalism Facebook page, a chicken coop made from a trampoline. Here’s a little more on the project.

This coop appears to be a DIY variation on the Joel Salatin movable poultry pen. I’m assuming there’s a way to lock the chickens in the top part at night to keep out critters that might dig under the run. 

Some solid science here. Not sure where this comes from, but spotted it on Doug Harvey’s Facebook page.

Vigo County Canning Club, Indiana 1918. Via Kaufmann Mercantile.

I hope we’ll be seeing more food preservation clubs in the years to come. They make a lot of sense. You can pool resources, labor and expertise. No need to be nostalgic, this is an idea for the present and future.

The US Department of Agriculture published this handy pamplett circa 1962. The USDA’s main recommendation? Get yourself a “two-story, basement-type barn with a hay-filled loft,  to “reduce radiation exposure [to your animals by] as much as 80 percent.”

Thanks to the interwebs you can download your own copy here.

And, something for the kids. There’s a film version–featuring marionettes!