Can peanuts be grown in Perth?
How to manage the use of greywater in the garden Follow up on a crepe myrtle that took five days to dig out and transplant We know peanuts g...
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Roots and Shoots
The gardening program for gardeners and non-gardeners.
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20 of 304 episodesKeeping mango trees healthy and fruitful
Sab and Jo discuss snoring dogs and happy gardens. 16:41 Tips on keeping mango trees healthy and fruiting. 18:45 ABC listener Heidi is strug...
Monarchs and Milkweed
On today's show: We all love monarch butterflies but is it ok to deliberately plant milkweed? 27-year-old wisteria vine unwell, can it be sa...
Yummy meals for ladybugs
Sab and Jo discuss the art of arm-wrestling while solving your garden questions. 03:17 Ladybugs (or ladybirds) eat aphids but do they eat fu...
Marvellous muntings: The Three-Breasted Strawberry
On today's show: Strawbs gone wild! What's the science behind this weirdly-shaped fruit? What to do about these fluffy little white bugs eat...
Early fruiting and confused plants
Sab and Jo discuss how the weather has plants confused. 00:36 The weather has plants confused and some like Sab's peach tree have fruited ea...
Snails on the sauce (and what's their brew of choice?)
On today's show: A very scientific study into what type of beer snails prefer. Hip hip hooray! It's the Bonsai Society of WA's 50th Annivers...
Going nuts for almond trees
Sab and Jo discuss gardening, book writing and opera. 00:34 Sab has finished her next book! 10:18 Looking for a small tree? An almond tree c...
Roots and Shoots LIVE from the Waroona Show
Sabrina Hahn and Jacquie Lynch bring you Roots and Shoots LIVE from the Waroona Ag Show! On today's show: 'Tis the season for the 2026 Quend...
Snail slime for your face and garden
Sab and Amber on Tuesday talking snail slime, forgotten guests and gardening 01:08 ABC listener Steve needs help with small snails in his ga...
Gazanias, be gone!
On today's show: Dealing with an aphid infestation. How to get rid of gazania, and what to replace them with. Eucalyptus caesia silver princ...
Growing plums for spring salads
Amber and Mark Tucek discuss native plants 00:31 Tips for what to plant in your very own bush tucker garden (such as finger limes, native gu...
Purple Fanfare Blossom
Wind damaged Mango trees, spring lawn maintenance and a lemon tree winched together after a near fatal split 41:22 How to dethatch a couch l...
No green thumb? Everlastings are for you
Sab and Jo discuss pruning, lemon trees, gall wasps are more. 00:24 Sab shares details of the Kimberley garden she created complete with red...
How to properly take care of the Macadamia tree
Christine Layton stepping in for Amber Cunningham today on Roots and Shoots with Sabrina Hahn. 06:55 - Preventing the breynia nervosia (also...
Growing paw-fect kangaroo paws
Horticulturist Mark Tucek in for Sab on this week's episode: 02:45 Tips for positioning, fertilising, watering and pruning kangaroo paws. 05...
Everlastings, tomato rings and bacon avocados!
On today's show: Jade Barker and Sue McDougall (Chief Horticulturalist at Kings Park Botanic Gardens) answer your gardening questions. What'...
Impress your friends with homegrown avo on toast
Sab and Geraldine discuss the weather, planting, watering and more. 02:52 Bougainvilleas love chicken feed! 12:41 Best tricks to grow avocad...
Sab's gone nuts! (and you can too)
On today's show: Macadamias for Carnaby cockatoos, and how you can register for the trees online. Nannas for Native Forests bring us up to s...
Waffle about wattle
Happy National Wattle Day! Jo and wattle queen Sab discuss grapevines, rose bushes and remind listeners to stay out of canola crops. 14:49 H...