As you all know and have heard we grow potatoes, and lots of them!
Potatoes originated from a region in the Andes over 400 years ago. There are many different varieties of the spud from Atlantic to Zebalu with 4000 others in between, which allow them to be extremely versatile when it comes to eating them. Whether you’re mashing, boiling or making crisps out of them, the key to a great taste is using the right variety.
Here in Catani, we grow approx 100 acres of spuds which included the varieties Denali, Trent, and Atlantic. We supply them to Snack Brands Australia to be used in crisps – so if you’re eating thins, samboy, kettle, french fries, or generic home brand varieties like coles and aldi brands, they could be ours!
As most of our farm is used for potato production and for making hay and silage for the cows there isn’t a lot of trees in sight. Trees and barb wired fences just weren’t practical when it came to using a lateral irrigator to water our spuds, so yes they had to come out. By looking at the google image (mainly in the centre of the pic) below you will notice that there arent any trees around - this indeed creates a boring landscape that is unable to make houses for native wildlife.
Although as you can see its not just our property that has cleared land. Its a common occurance right the way through the swamp. By not having trees to look at you need to look elsewhere to find the beauty in our landscape.
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