Forest Farming 54-  an insect repellent support for climbers
Channel: Khandige Vikas Bhat
Date: 2011-04-03

Why not use a shrub-preferably an insect repellent species as a living post to climb a bunch of veg and herb creepers???
It helps save cost of wires and other external inputs.
Higher density of species helps the biodiversity and therefore ecological balance of the garden.
.The base area where watering will be done can support more root(carrit,yam,garlic etc) and non climbing  veggies(beans,greens ,okra,brinjal,chillies etc.)  and some herbs(tulasi,mint,andrographis,centella etc}.

Red ants live on the bush warding off many pests-like catterpillars,moths,some grasshoppers etc.
The single point of watering for so many plants ensures efficient utilisiation of precious water and saves labour.
A drip in this siteuation is not recommended coz they tend to clog,are expensive and are a headache over long term in my experience.they also cause left over pipes n tubes as a residuel garbage.