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Montie Roland, NPDP

Montie Roland, NPDP

Gentleman Farmer, Engineer and Extreme Innovator / Brainstormer

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    • Simply Us Farm
    • Camp at Troublesome Gap
    • Portfolio – Pool Products
    • Portfolio – Camping and Outdoor Equipment
    • 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

  • 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
  • Economic Early Warning for Friday, 12 September 2025
  • Radar: Counter-Organize and Win

Simply Us Farm

  • Making Agave Happy
  • Planting Prickly Pear Cactus
  • Learn to Grow and Prune Berries and Fruit Trees Event
  • Digital Detox | Butterflies on Lantana
  • Cactus Incoming | Flowers Blooming

RSS NCRenegade.com

  • All Good Things
  • 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

RSS SurvivalBlog

  • Preparedness Notes for Friday — November 21, 2025 November 21, 2025
    November 21, 164 BC: During the Maccabean Revolt, Judas Maccabeus recaptured Jerusalem and rededicated the Second Temple. This victory has been commemorated ever since as the festival Hanukkah, aka The Festival of Lights. — On November 21, 1916, Britannic, the sister ship to the Titanic, sank in the Aegean Sea, killing 30 people. In the […]
    James Wesley Rawles
  • Update: A Home-Based Business — Your Ticket to The Boonies November 21, 2025
    JWR’s Introductory Note: The following is an update and expansion to a post that I made in SurvivalBlog back in December, 2005. It is part of a series of SurvivalBlog 20th Anniversary update re-posts, in recognition of the fact that the majority of readers did not join us until recent years. — The majority of […]
    James Wesley Rawles
  • Economics & Investing Media of the Week November 21, 2025
    In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, or occasional news items of interest to preppers. Today, a map showing the top imports of most countries of the world.  The thumbnail below is click expandable.  (Map courtesy of HowMuch.net, by way of Reddit.)       — […]
    James Wesley Rawles
  • The Editors’ Quote of the Day: November 21, 2025
    “There is nothing government can give you that it hasn’t taken from you in the first place.” – Winston Churchill The post The Editors’ Quote of the Day: appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.
    James Wesley Rawles
  • Preparedness Notes for Thursday — November 20, 2025 November 20, 2025
    November 20, 1789: New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. — National Sovereignty Day (Spanish: Día de la Soberanía Nacional) is a national public holiday in Argentina, celebrated each year on November 20th. — November 20, 1914: The U.S. State Department began requiring photographs for passports. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest […]
    James Wesley Rawles

The Survival Podcast

  • Expert Council Q&A – Epi-3763
  • 22-Quart Roaster Oven by Aroma – Item of the Day
  • Thanksgiving Prep with Chef Ken Daniels- Epi-3762
  • Merten & Storck Carbon Steel Skillets – Item of the Day
  • Homestead Projects for the Winter Season – Epi-3761

Amateur Radio Weekly

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

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  • design thinking
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  • food security
  • gardening
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  • ID
  • industrial design
  • innovation
  • intern
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  • lean manufacturing
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  • prototype
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