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Montie Roland, NPDP

Montie Roland, NPDP

Gentleman Farmer, Engineer and Extreme Innovator / Brainstormer

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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

  • 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
  • Chapter 4 – Importance of Traditions March 28, 2024

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Forward Observer

  • The New Forward Observer
  • EWN 1600 Global update
  • [REVIEW] How Countries Go Broke
  • National Intelligence Bulletin for Friday, 13 June 2025
  • How should the Trump administration combat the LA riots, especially if they spread?

Simply Us Farm

  • Harvest Time – Garlic and Elderberries Available
  • Fruits of Our Labor | Garlic Incoming
  • Busy Bees
  • Peach Trees vs. Deer | Farm Tour This Weekend!
  • Farm Tours Coming on Saturday, June 21st

RSS NCRenegade.com

  • Explaining this to Your Grandchildren
  • The People Have Spoken
  • Punished For Doing The Right Thing
  • Deja Vu
  • Consider An Alternative to a Third Party
  • Is Congress Finally Addressing Weather Modification?
  • Do You Think It Is Starting?
  • Tucker on Why He Interviewed the President of Iran
  • Something BIG Is Coming… Keep Your Eye on BlackRock
  • China Backs Iran

RSS SurvivalBlog

  • Preparedness Notes for Sunday — July 6, 2025 July 6, 2025
    On July 6, 1415, following his trial (pictured), Bohemian proto-reformer Jan Hus was burned at the stake in Constance, Germany.  The later Hussite revolution, led by Jan Ziska, used Hus’s name as a rallying cry. — On July 6, 1699, pirate Captain William Kidd was captured in Boston. — On July 6, 1917, Arab forces […]
    James Wesley Rawles
  • Heritage 92 in .44 Magnum, by Thomas Christianson July 6, 2025
    Inspired by John Moses Browning’s iconic Winchester Model 1892, the Heritage 92 comes in a number of different models with various barrel lengths, finishes, and chamberings. The version that I tested has a 20 inch barrel, is chambered in .44 Magnum, holds 10 rounds in the tubular magazine, has semi-buckhorn sights, and walnut-colored tropical hardwood […]
    Thomas Christianson
  • JWR’s Meme Of The Week: July 6, 2025
    The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: A Zero-Dollar Tax on SBRs, SBSes, and Suppressors? So, Can I Please Also Have a Zero-Dollar Income Tax? News Link: Big Beautiful Bill Passes Senate, Back to House with Zeroed Out NFA Tax Intact. Notes From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the […]
    James Wesley Rawles
  • The Editors’ Quote of the Day: July 6, 2025
    “But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with […]
    James Wesley Rawles
  • Preparedness Notes for Saturday — July 5, 2025 July 5, 2025
    On July 5, 1601, the siege of Ostend began when a Spanish force under Archduke Albert VII of Austria, with 12,000 men and 50 siege guns, laid siege to a small garrison of fewer than 2,000 Dutch at the strategically important fortress of Ostend, Flanders. — And on July 5, 1891, an intense hailstorm killed […]
    James Wesley Rawles

The Survival Podcast

  • Restoring the Culture of Men with Sonny Puzikas – Epi-3698
  • DeWalt Cordless Jig Saw (Bare Tool) on Sale – 137 Bucks!
  • First Tuesday Coffee Chat – Episode – 3697
  • The 8 Biggest Shifts in the Next 10 Years – Epi-3696
  • Anova Sous Vide Nano on Sale Today

Amateur Radio Weekly

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

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