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Montie Roland, NPDP

Montie Roland, NPDP

Gentleman Farmer, Engineer and Extreme Innovator / Brainstormer

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    • Portfolio – Consumer Products
    • Portfolio – Furniture
    • Portfolio – Paintball Equipment
    • Portfolio – Consumer Machines / Attic Lift
    • Portfolio – Ultralight Survival Knife
    • Portfolio – Electronic Enclosures and Rackmount Equipment
    • Portfolio – Slingshots
    • Portfolio – Firearms Accessories
  • Brainstorming Events
    • Church Men’s Group Brainstorming Session
    • Starting Our Journey – Developing Our CERT Emergency Communications Plan
    • Next Step – Getting Ready for Brainwriting – CERT Emergency Communications Plan
    • Brainstorming! – CERT Emergency Communications Plan
    • Brainstorming Results – CERT Emergency Communications Plan
    • Rough Draft – CERT Emergency Communications Plan
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Month: May 2021

Posted on May 23, 2021May 23, 2021

Homestead vs. In-stead – rightsizing the the project helps it succeed!

Recent Posts

  • Enjoying Time on the Farm November 2, 2025
  • Planting Trees on the Farm – Good Times December 24, 2024
  • Helping Out in Hot Springs After Helene and Camping on Troublesome Gap November 9, 2024
  • Let Us Race October 27, 2024
  • Damage from Hurricane Helene in WNC October 13, 2024
  • Designing a Gift Basket October 1, 2024
  • Western NC Hurricane Damage Update September 29, 2024
  • Farm and Forest – Digital Detox at Its Finest August 25, 2024
  • Digital Detox June 25, 2024
  • Scenes While Just Mowing the Grass April 21, 2024

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Forward Observer

  • Economic Early Warning for Friday, 20 February 2026
  • Economic Early Warning for Friday, 09 January 2026
  • The Most Consequential Year Since 2000
  • Economic Early Warning Report for Friday, 17 October 2025
  • Congressional Research Service Reports on MS-13 and M-18

Simply Us Farm

  • Paw Paws and Berries – Planted
  • Fences are Hard Work
  • Let Us Prune
  • Honey Locust Need Love Too
  • Transforming the Back Field

RSS NCRenegade.com

  • Who Had Foreknowledge of 9/11?
  • Be Vigilant
  • Our Fight Ahead
  • An Update
  • No Mercy: Woke Leftists Are The Problem And They Need To Go
  • Tucker Faces UNHINGED Reaction To Speech At Kirk Memorial
  • How Can We Amicably Separate?
  • Civil War Commencing
  • TDS: Pregnant Liberal Will Die from Tylenol
  • US Color Revolution

RSS SurvivalBlog

  • Preparedness Notes for Friday — March 13, 2026 March 13, 2026
    On March 13, 1639 Cambridge New College, Massachusetts was renamed Harvard in honor of clergyman John Harvard. The College was founded as a Christian institution. All students were expected to be proficient in Latin before acceptance into the college. Scripture reading and prayer gatherings were held twice each day, for all students.  Harvard College was […]
    James Wesley Rawles
  • Understanding Hydrocarbon-Based Fuel, by Industry Guy March 13, 2026
    Editor’s Introductory Note: I’ve had many e-mailed questions about buying, transporting, and storing gasoline and diesel fuel in recent days. I also had a question about the available blends of gasoline. So, I thought it would be apropos to re-post a few fuel-related articles from SurvivalBlog’s deep archives.  This article dates back 16 years, to […]
    SurvivalBlog Contributor
  • Economics & Investing Media of the Week March 13, 2026
    In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, and news items of interest to preppers.  This week: A map showing the hours of minimum wage work needed for rent, as of 2025. The thumbnail below is click-expandable.       (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) Economics & Investing […]
    James Wesley Rawles
  • The Editors’ Quote Of The Day: March 13, 2026
    “We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of the superstitious fears which were early implanted in his imagination; no matter how utterly his reason may reject them, he will still feel as the […]
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  • Preparedness Notes for Thursday — March 12, 2026 March 12, 2026
    March 12, 1850: The first US $20 gold piece (dubbed the Liberty Head, Coronet, or “Double Eagle”) was issued.  Later issues had the “In God We Trust” motto (as pictured above), so the early issues are now called “No Motto” coins by collectors. — March 12, 1940: Finland signed the Moscow Peace Treaty, capitulating to […]
    James Wesley Rawles

The Survival Podcast

  • Expert Panel Q&A – Epi-3815
  • Etekcity Lasergrip Digital Laser Temperature Gun – Item of the Day
  • Rethinking the Backyard Homestead – Epi-3814
  • Dynomyco Premium Mycorrhizal Inoculant – Item of the Day
  • Propagating Plants from Grocery Produce – Epi-3813

Amateur Radio Weekly

  • By: Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 338 • AmateurRadio.com
  • By: Robert Lovell

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