Hilbarn: November 2011

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Days of Sun & Rhubarb

The day started yesterday picking up freshly harvested broad beans and snow peas from Spreyton; then, rhubarb from grower Tim in Latrobe, snapped here with his vintage seed and fertilizer drill that he still uses for the purpose. Couldn't help but notice the name in inverted commas on the side in raised type: "Sun". Bit different to the corporate slogans preferred today... And the day ended at Libby's on the slopes of Mount Arthur, drinking her rhubarb cordial spritzers at sunset, along with a 1994 magnum of Clover Hill she'd saved especially for a moment like this...

What we provide

We offer $30 and $55 fruit and vegetable boxes packed with local and seasonal produce. Box contents are harvested freshly and/or collected directly by hilbarn each weekend, then packed and delivered in Launceston on Mondays and Hobart on Tuesdays for weekly or fortnightly orders. Delivery is free to the Pick Up Points listed below. Home or workplace deliveries are an extra $5.
To obtain a subscription form for hilbarn fresh produce, email Hil & Barn at hilbarn@bigpond.com.

Orders need to be placed by 9pm each Wednesday for the following week's delivery. We look forward to sharing the delights of fresh regional produce with you.

Pick Up Points

North (Launceston):

- Crown Cellars, Bathurst Street (open until 8 pm)

- Delicacy, 35 Canning Street (open until 6 pm)

- The Mill Providore & Gallery (until 5.30 pm)

- Neil Pitt Menswear, 76 Brisbane Street

- Town Hall (Council employees only)

- UTAS School of Human Life Sciences, Newnham

South (Hobart):

- Bottega Rotolo, 141 Bathurst Street, Hobart 9.30 am - 6 pm

- Domain Tennis Centre, The Domain (until 6 pm)

- Southern Cross Media, 75 Liverpool Street (until 5 pm)

Towns:

- Scottsdale Florist, 33-35 King St (via Sainty's NE Bus Service)

- Perth, UtSi Cafe Gallery (via Tassie Link coaches)

- Windermere, Windermere Corner Store

- George Town, Pooki's, Macquarie Street (via Lee's coaches)

- Bicheno Post Office (via Calow's Coaches)

- Campbell Town, The Book Cellar at The Foxhunters' Return, 132 Main Street. Pick Up 10 am - 4 pm Tuesdays.

* On Public Holiday Mondays delivery is the following day

How We Work

- We provide absolutely the freshest local produce available to us.

- All our produce is sourced from local growers who set their own prices.

- We exclude produce only if it is of poor quality or if the price is too high to offer value to you our customer.

- Your produce order is carefully packed into your $30 or $55 family size box. (Add $5 to each box for deliveries outside Launceston).

- If you wish you can trial one box. After sampling, the minimum subscription is 4 boxes. This way we can source the best produce for you in advance of your delivery.

- We will share new Pick-Up Points with you as they become available. See 'What We Provide' (above) for current Pick-Up Points.

- Each delivery includes a box (please return your box for recycling).
- Once you have subscribed, delivery will begin after payment is received.

- Produce is delivered either weekly or fortnightly after subscribing.

- Box contents cannot be customized.

- No refunds are available for subscriptions.

- A credit may be provided in the case of an incorrect delivery.