is:

   

• two organic fruit & vegetable gardens
• an acre of organic fingerling potatoes, and garlic
• 30 acres of organic grass and clover
• cabins and outbuildings like a Russian dacha
• a place in the country, a dream being realized

The latest dacha progress can be found on this page.
Click on a photo to see many more photos for that month.

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Some more about us:

Check out
Swinarski Photography
for outdoor and professional photography.

Deer Run Cabins©
Saving time and money, ensuring quality, built by the Amish.

Check out this site for farmers near you. Support your local community and eat better food at the same time. Check out a CSA near you!

One of Andre's hobbies is restoring and refinishing old guns. Click here to check out his site!

Not only is our dacha, a Russian expression for a home in the country, a getaway, a garden, and a farm, it is also a concept project for us. More...

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Go back to the beginning and read it all in the Archives.

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Double K Farms' certified organic produce is now available for sale at Tomãto-Tomäto.

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Grandpa Chuck's Eggs

Chuck is a neighbor of Double K Farms and has been tending his chickens, ducks, geese, doves, and goats for many years.

Grandpa Chuck's Eggs which are naturally raised, free range, pesticide-free, hormone-free, and well-loved, are now for sale for $3/dozen. Contact Liz at 402.516.2062. We bring them home to Omaha every Sunday evening.

For seeds (organic, non-GMO, of course), we like:

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We are located in
southwestern Iowa.
Come by and see us!

Some final pics of fall, of the cats, and of the last harvests are seen here. We also finished the sauna and are well on our way to having a bathtub! Soon, the Russian banya will be done!

Since my last posting, Double K Farms has suffered some serious losses...first, a raccoon got all but one of our six kittens and just last week, a fox (we think) got all nine of our beloved chickens. Then, just this week, our lovely Lola (the final kitten) succombed to a virus. In better news, we got two acres of aronia berries planted and the weather has been great!

Tomãto Tomäto is a year 'round indoor Farmer's Market located on the northeast corner of 156th (Bob Boozer) & West Center Road in Omaha. We are open to the public Monday-Saturday 9:00am - 6:00pm. We carry locally grown, raised, & made products such as tomatoes, cucumbers, pumpkins, meats, cheese, onions, peppers, eggs, watermelons, apples, cider, honey, honey based jams, herbs, and chocolate.

Double K Farms is represented weekly! Check it out!

Sky Calendar: Observing Events for January 2010

MOON PHASES

Thu., January 7
Last Quarter Moon, 5:39 a.m.
The Last or Third Quarter Moon rises before midnight. It sets about 3 p.m.

Fri., January 15
New Moon, 2:11 a.m.
Because of the angle the ecliptic forms with the horizon this month, the Moon was readily visible only one day before New Moon, almost directly above the rising Sun. This works against us past New Moon, and it will be at least a couple of days before you can make out the thin crescent Moon low on the southwestern horizon.

Sat., January 23
First Quarter Moon, 5:53 a.m.
The First Quarter Moon is in the southern sky at sunset, and sets quite near midnight.

Sat., January 30
Full Moon, 1:16 a.m.
The Full Moon of January is known as the Old Moon. Other names are Wolf Moon, Moon After Yule, and Ice Moon. In Hindi it is known as Paush Poornima. Its Sinhala (Buddhist) name is Duruthu Poya.

PLANETS

Mercury is an "morning star" for the second half of this month, but poorly placed for observers in the Northern Hemisphere.

Venus  is now behind the Sun, and is not visible.

Mars begins the month in Leo, but soon moves into Cancer. Opposition is on January 29, but Mars is closest to Earth on January 27, 99.33 million kilometres away from Earth. It is close to the Moon on January 3.

Jupiter is low in the southwest at sunset, and soon will disappear behind the Sun. It is close to the Moon on January 17.

Saturn now rises just before midnight, and is visible in the south the rest of the night. It is in Virgo for the whole of January. Its rings are beginning to open again. It is close to the Moon on January 6.

The Sky Calendar is provided by Starry Night Education, the leader in space science curriculum solutions.

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