• 51 minutes 43 seconds
    Stashing secateurs where the sun don't shine

    On today's show: 

    • Stay Strapped! How many secateurs do you have and what weird places do you keep them?
    • Agave Death Bloom: The final skyscraper flower stalk of an agave that's officially had it.
    • What to do with very pot-bound asparagus? 

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    Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

    4 July 2026, 1:00 am
  • 24 minutes
    My oh my, what a mandarin tree

    Sab and Jo discuss poolside escapades, citrus trees and more.

    03:16 How to kill a tree stump. 

    04:30 Transplanting balga tree (grass trees).

    11:49 How to prune your mandarin tree.Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.

    Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

    30 June 2026, 6:00 am
  • 50 minutes 40 seconds
    Quick tips for getting great jugs

    On today's show: 

    • How best to care for a saffron plant, post-sprouting.
    • My girlfriend's carnivorous pitcher plant is happy and jugless BUT I want it to be happy and jugful.
    • The FUNGUS is AMONG US. What to do with an invasion of armillaria.

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    Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

    27 June 2026, 1:00 am
  • 28 minutes
    What type of soil is best for your liquidambar

    Sab and Jo wipe the tears away, learn a dance and get gardening.

    04:22 Why your lavender is not growing back like it used too. 

    06:29 Why you shouldn't plant this in your garden if you have kids or dogs in your garden. 

    08:38 What type of soil is best for planting a liquidambar. Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.

    Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

    23 June 2026, 6:15 am
  • 51 minutes 25 seconds
    Easy ways to make your garden bandicoot-friendly

    On today's show: 

    • 7 y.o. Zac gives Sab a tour of his thriving veggie patch!
    • What trees can provide food for black cockies?
    • How to peacefully cohabit with a bunch of bandicoot newcomers.

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    Listen to the program live on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

    20 June 2026, 1:00 am
  • 19 minutes
    Make your bamboo work for you

    Sab and Jo try to keep warm in this cold snap!

    03:55 ABC listener Bev asks what the best way to test her soil: chemical kits or three way soil probes? 

    04:27 What is safe distance to plant a mandarin tree from your neighbours fence?

    11:49 Advice on replanting bamboo if you don't like where it sits in your garden.Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.

    Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

    16 June 2026, 6:00 am
  • 52 minutes 3 seconds
    Banksias, figs, sweet potatoes and more

    Amber and Sabrina talk banksias, winter planting and saving seeds with special guest Sue McDougall.

    12:12 How far back should a fig tree be pruned? 

    10:35 A sick Tipuana Tipu, could it be termites?

    47:13 How to grow sweet potatoes in bags

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    Listen to the program live on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

    13 June 2026, 1:00 am
  • 53 minutes 14 seconds
    Hibiscus, coriander, pittosporum and more

    Amber and Sabrina solve the mystery of the perennial coriander plant

    05:33  Pruning tips for a young hibiscus

    09:05 The start of the perennial coriander mystery

    21:25 The coriander plot thickens

    27:42 Sabrina solves the coriander mystery

    23:30 A very sick pittosporum tree

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    Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

    6 June 2026, 1:00 am
  • 30 minutes
    Gardening after a storm

    Sab and Jo discuss the aftermath of the storm and how to recoup any plants that may have been damaged by the wind. 

    00:33 Remedies for salt burn on your veggies after the storm

    25:05 Gardenia Florida flowering in winter? Don't worry - just enjoy it! 

    26:59 ABC listener Joanne seeking advice on what to do with a bush that was pushed over during the storm. Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.

    Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

    2 June 2026, 6:30 am
  • 50 minutes 43 seconds
    Passionfruit flowers but no fruit

    Amber and Sabrina dive into the nation-wide issue of the passionfruit vines unable to fruit.

    03:23 Passionfruit vine flowering but not fruiting

    18:31 Can a ponytail palm, living close to a house cause the footings to lift? 

    32:36 Instruction on repotting a root-bound hoya

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    Listen to the program live on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

    30 May 2026, 1:00 am
  • 29 minutes
    How to make friends and kill weeds

    Sab and Jo discuss music, basil and how to kill weeds.

    00:30 How much phosphorus is needed for potting mix for your native plants 

    02:20 Growing basil in winter

    05:02 The different ways to kill your weeds.  Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.

    Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

    26 May 2026, 6:30 am
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