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Family Owned and Operated Gilbertson Farms
Sends
You a Happy Hello
Come on and meet the family!
Gary, Annette, and their three children Mark,
Melisa and Carol
Greetings from Gilbertson
Farms -- Fall 2008
What a spring we have had!
Greenhouses were up and running in
mid-February everything was looking great and getting ready for
our late April opening. However, Mother Nature was not very kind
this spring. Cool or maybe even COLD in some definitions made
planting late.
We had a personally difficult spring with the
unexpected death of Gary on March 29th. We would like
to say thank you again to everyone for your support and kindness.
We could not have made it through with out you.
I would like to give an extra special thank
you to our three, magnificent children; Mark, Melisa and Carol.
They have given me an inner strength I did not know was possible.
Then a special Thanks to Gary’s sisters Alana,
Mari and Jeanne, his brother Gerald and their families. I know
that without them I would not have made it this far. Then with
great love and respect I would like to say Thank You to the Klimek
Family, Brian, Audrey and Family have been by my side since we
received the phone call on Saturday, March 29th. Their
support has been there everyday from bring food, cleaning my
house, to finishing Gary’s started projects, to just a great
shoulder to lean on.
Our next spring event was a beautiful
celebration of the Marriage of our daughter Carol to Nick Klimek
on April 19th. I am very sure that Gary was smiling
down on us. It was one of the very few beautiful warm, sunny
spring days we had.
Then we started with markets and opened the
greenhouses at the farm. Planting went into full swing. Mark and
his crew have been working some very long days. All that work has
finally started to pay off and we have SWEET CORN ready and still
will have on in to October if it does not freeze. We are very
proud to report that all our Minnesota Grown Peppers are ready to
enjoy salmonella FREE!!! Dept of Ag has given us the all clear.
Just one more reason to BUY LOCAL – BUY FRESH.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the
farm or one of our Markets, including:
Sat in St Paul, Lindstrom and Burnsville, Sun
in St Paul, Tuesday in Shoreview, Falcon Heights, Thurs in Hugo,
Friday in Signal Hills, St Lukes and White Bear.
Mark your calendar:
The Corn Maze (Messages to Heaven) opens
September 6th at 10:00 AM and will be open every day
through Halloween.
October 4, 2008 at 10:00 AM the Teddy Bear
Band is here for a performance.
Starting Oct 4, 2008 on the weekends at 1 and
3 we are having pig races.
Have a great day!
Annette Gilbertson
Gilbertson Farms Seasons of Fun
2008 season in loving memory of Gary R. Gilbertson
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Greetings
from Melisa
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Photo taken at my sister Carol's wedding in April 2008.
l to r: Mark Gilbertson, Carol Klimek, Annette Gilbertson, and
Melisa Gilbertson. |
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