A drip system is really not as daunting as some of the garden catalogues make it look.

They do need a drip system and live plants.

But a drip system, experts say, uses 50 to 70 percent less than a sprinkler or even a hand-held hose.

In lieu of a loyal husband, or even a loyal friend, however, an automatic drip system is the next best thing.

These innovations include a "drip system" for distributing admissions and no overnight call anywhere in the training program.

A common commercial example is Toddy coffee, which is a drip system.

The timer that regulates my automatic drip system refused to work during the heat wave we had a few weeks ago.

"If a drip system failed, I'd lose a tree," he said.

A drip system is much less expensive to install, about half of the cost of automatic underground systems.

Some kind of sophisticated drip system, I think.