The nice folks at Hometown Seeds sent me a packet of survival seeds a week or so ago. I think next year I’ll use them to plant my garden, and I’ll try to journal my progress here on the blog.

Here’s some useful self reliance articles from around the blogosphere over the past couple of weeks. I’ve decided to pear down this list to just a few articles each time.

How To Fix Your Relatives’ Terrible Computer – I’ll be doing just this over the holidays. My nieces and nephews have apparently installed every available virus over the past couple of years onto their computer. Uncle Bryce to the rescue!

7 Reasons Why Things Don’t Get Done – Trying to find what it is that’s stopping you from finally getting around to that project? Here’s seven things to think about.

The First Step Towards Getting Out Of Debt – As with most things, the hardest part is getting started.

How I built a solar panel for $100 – You can too – I’m totally stoked to try this out sometime.

You Can Negotiate Anything – This is one of those extremely useful skills that just isn’t taught in school.