Moonochew farm landscape solutions

19/03/2026

21/02/2026

A big one. Gardening beyond the yard fence.
Here a taller exquisitely scented and prolific flowering native frangipani will eventually punch up through a spreading Panama berry for year round food, with an understory of hippeastrum bulbs to keep the weeds away and fingerlimes to protect the softer Panama berry trunk when the guard is removed and reused.

We often use spiky pineapple plants or raspberry as an understory for the same reason. We can make Moonochew to any size 750mm diameter or more. Smaller guards don't grow strong trees. Moonochew are modular- just hook them together with their inbuilt latches for enclosing bigger areas.

18/02/2026

Well spaced trees maximises the edge effect, which causes an explosion in biodiversity. Being able to plant the vast array of tree species does the same. Little birds in particular love moonochew as an artificial thorny refuge in a paddock. They eat the bugs on the trees and the spiders that build webs in the mesh and occasionally we are rewarded further with baby birds (left) these are grey fantaiils.

The triangular apertures in Moonochew (right) were built both as safe hand access for pruning and as a landing pad for small birds. We've seen birds as large as honey waters and Bower birds using the mesh.

Given the massive decline in bird populations it is imperative we put more diversity back into paddock trees and you will be rewarded with creatures that turn pests into fertilizer and whistle while they work.

14/02/2026

New Zealand's Lancewood (top left) has thorns only when young, and partly inspired the Moonochew system.
Moonochew + virtual fence collars (top right) = the ultimate grazing system, particularly for hill country.

Traditionally, farmers build guards onto fence lines out of convenience but trees near fences or infrastructure cause damage. Unfortunately most trees suited to grazing or agroforestry are sclerophyl- meaning they are dry, unpalatable and extremely flammable. Acacia species are short lived and provide habitat for ticks - not ideal on cattle farms. Eucalyptus species (bottom right) have caused immense damage worldwide with fire and drying of landscapes. They are extremely messy, dropping bark and branches (on fences), they are predatory and kill other trees underground. Great if you're a koala but best avoided on farms. But what to plant?

Moonochew means farmers can plant almost any tree anywhere (avocado bottom left, 2 years old) without restriction or years of expertise, and can plant the thousands of useful but vulnerable tree types not suited to agroforestry or.farms. fruits, nuts, timber trees specimen trees, doubling as livestock shade and boosting productivity and land value.

Retaining a few weeds as shown in customer photos helps protect exposed young trees but can be easily removed with a quick sweep of a scythe under the bottom wire if they are choking the tree, but we leave them usually to keep the tree growing straight up rather than invite branching. Weeds are usually naturally replaced with grass by year 3, and by year 5, for what reason I do not know, the un-grazed grass inside the guard will often die back to form a persistent mulch, particularly with couch grass.

08/02/2026

This tree is about 6 years old now. It's an Australian red cedar, and cows think these things are lollies. Not quite as tasty as some fruit trees but with big long compound leaves they are easy prey for cattle. This one is now out of danger from cattle. 6 years, zero damage, zero maintenance just a healthy, well proportioned and firmly anchored tree.
Time to simply unclip the guard down the side, pull up the anchors and move it to grow another tree. Moonochew can be reused for the life of the stainless steel. Two minutes to install, Lifetimes of reusable protection. No other guard can do this, they can only pretend.

Red Cedar are great because they are deciduous, meaning winter sun and.summer shade, and lots of leaf mulch

27/01/2026

My favourite cow painting from the walls of the Westmead childrens Hospital
Artist not known

17/11/2025

Happy Customers make us super happy.
Richard and Flo from Chateau Jasper Federal
Thanks again guys!

28/10/2025

Our new demonstration livestock assisted food forest is ready for planting near Byron Yay! We're taking a bare piece of roadside grazing land with a bull and herd of cattle and we're turning it into a food paradise filled with fruit trees of every flavour. A parkland of wide spaced food, rainforest and resource trees boosting food security and biodiversity as well as protein production.