A Look Back at Green Bay’s Dial-A-Garden-Tipline From 1975

"Readers could dial the number at any time and hear a taped garden message."

July 17, 1975

On this day, the Green Bay Press-Gazette shared a little notice for their "Dial-A-Garden-Tipline."

Readers could dial the number at any time and hear a taped garden message. Here were the topics posted in the paper:

July 17 Russian Olive Diseases.
July 18, 19, 20 Dutch Elm Disease.
July 21 How to Blanch Vegetables.
July 22 Growing Cauliflower.
Julu 23 Birch Borer.
July 24 Training Young Trees.

 


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