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Double K Farms Andre & Liz Konstantinov 2298 Xavier Place . Clarinda, Iowa 51632 402.516.2062 |
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It's official! |
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The latest Dacha progress can be found on this page. Click on a photo to see many more for that week. Go back to the beginning and read it all in the Archives. |
Some more about us:
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Check out Liz's new Check outSwinarski Photography for outdoor and professional photography. 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! A great resource, The Rodale Institute is located in eastern Pennsylvania and has been farming organic fields for over 30 years. Their newsletter is The New Farm. |
Our first harvest of the new year...asparagus, lettuce, and radishes. (The tomatoes are courtesy of Tomato-Tomato.) In other news, the barn is almost done, GodCarol visited, Maya had a birthday, Andre had a birthday and we ducktaped the cat's wound. Oh, yes, we did. |
![]() May/June, 2009 |
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... Double K Farms' certified organic produce is now available for sale at Tomãto-Tomäto. This week, herbs, onions, garlic scapes! 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:
Heirloom Seeds |
| We love our cats! Our current queen, BlackBear, has just brought her kittens out to meet us. They are Athena and Boomer (Battlestar Galactica fans will appreciate the names.) We also worked on the barn, built the fire pit, checked on the beaver dams, and are furiously planting, of course! | |||
Can you spot the Mama cat and her kittens in this picture? Probably not, since they're in the flap made by the top of the raft hanging on the wall. Brilliant hiding place, BlackBear! Names for new kitties to follow soon! |
![]() April, 2009 |
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| Welcome to the next greatest thing...aronia berries! Check out the barn progress and the playhouse progress, the setting up of the greenhouse and the newly planted spring garden! | |||
This just in... 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! |
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Jul. 7, 5:21 a.m. EDT -- Full Buck Moon, when the new antlers of buck deer push out from their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. It was also often called the Full Thunder Moon, thunderstorms being now most frequent. Sometimes this is also called the Full Hay Moon. Since the moon arrives at apogee less than 13 hours later, this will also be smallest full moon of 2009. In terms of apparent size, it will appear 12-percent smaller than the full moon of Jan. 10 |
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