Clemson Extension is providing thousands of consumers more information than ever before on home, yard and garden topics through its new Home and Garden Information Center. In addition, the information will soon be available on the web at hgic.clemson.edu.
Callers enter four-digit codes to retrieve the message they wish to hear.
These codes have been published in a user's guide that is being distributed throughout the state. Callers who do not have a copy of the user's guide can access some of the messages through a recorded menu system. These specialists all have either BS or MS degrees in various areas of specialization, and are receiving additional training from Extension Personnel. Also during that time, an information assistant takes requests for fact sheets, which will be sent by surface mail. Callers who access the center at other times may receive fact sheets by fax from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. through the IVR system, and the center also maintains a computer web site that will contain all of the fact sheets and the user's guide.