Garden Help By Phone via a “Dial-A-Garden-Tipline” in Green Bay
"Readers could dial the number on various days of the week and hear a taped garden message."
July 24, 1975
On this day, the Green Bay Press-Gazette shared a little notice for their "Dial-A-Garden-Tipline."
Readers could dial the number on various days of the week and hear a taped educational garden message:
July 17 Russian Olive diseases
July 18, 19, 20 Dutch Elm disease
July 21 How to Blanch Vegetables
July 22 Growing Cauliflower
July 23 Birch Borer
July 24 Training Young Trees
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