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Montie Roland, NPDP

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Posted on December 11, 2022December 13, 2022

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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

  • 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
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Simply Us Farm

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  • Digital Detox | Butterflies on Lantana
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    On October 27, 1553, Condemned as a heretic, Spanish-born physician and Christian church reformer Michael Servetus was burned at the stake, just outside Geneva. — October 27, 1702: British troops plundered St Augustine, Florida. — October 27th 1858: The birthday of President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt. He died January 6, 1919. — Some great news! There […]
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    (Continued from Part 7. This concludes the article.) 4 – How Much Food Can We Afford To Share With Others? Now, let’s consider the controversial topic of sharing our limited food resources with a neighborhood group. Think of this option like investing money in start-up companies, high risk for the chance at high rewards but […]
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  • Recipe of the Week: October 27, 2025
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