Bøger af Roby Jose Ciju

If the site of gardening is indoors of your home, it is called indoor gardening. An indoor garden may be located anywhere inside your living apartment or on a roof, in an atrium, on a balcony, in a window box, or on a patio or vivarium. Your patio garden, roof garden or terrace garden, and window garden are all good examples of indoor gardens. An indoor garden is a joy to those living in the house. Engaging with an indoor garden is a good pastime for old and elderly people in the house who are in poor health. Mental health benefits of indoor gardening are proved time and again beyond doubt. Creating an indoor garden is easy and it is nothing but bringing a garden indoors. If you know how to choose suitable containers, what plants are suitable for your house, how to do potting and repotting, and how to plant and take care of the plants, then you don't have anything to worry about. In this book, the major steps involved in creating an indoor garden are explained in detail.

Aroids are a group of useful plants belonging to the plant family Araceae. Though most of these aroid plants are used as ornamentals, some are used as nutritious vegetables. The most popular examples of ornamental aroids are aglonemas, money plants or pothos, monsteras and philodendrons. However, there are some other aroid plants which are highly useful as food plants. Some popular examples are taro or elephant's ear, yams, Amorphophallus or elephant foot yam, tannia or Xanthosoma spp., Lasia spp. or Kohila and Cyrtosperma spp. These aroids are mainly used as vegetables and hence the term 'vegetable aroids' are commonly used. In this book, growing practices and nutritional information of some popular aroid vegetables are explained in detail.

Chile peppers is a small book that explains general growing practices for chile peppers and their nutritional value. Chile peppers belong to the genus capscium and therefore known as capscicum vegetables. They are rich in capsaicin, an antioxidant and a health promoting substance.

This booklet about 'spinach herbs' deals with mainly four types of edible herbaceous plants, these are Spinach (Spinacia oleracea), Malabar Spinach (Basella spp.), New Zealand Spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides) and Mustard Spinach(Brassica rapa perviridis). All these herbs are known as one or the other type of spinach. However, 'true spinach' is Spinach (Spinacia oleracea). It is also known as 'English Spinach'. Other spinach herbs are similar to true spinach in growth habit and edible properties and hence known as different spinach herbs. All spinach herbs are easy to grow plants and suitable for growing both in open fields and in containers. They are propagated by seeds or stem cuttings. All these herbs are by nature short-lived, herbaceous perennial plants but grown as annuals for vegetable purposes. Food value and nutritive value of spinach herbs are very high. There are very few vegetable greens which equal the nutritive value of spinach herbs. Spinach herbs are highly nutritious salad greens and cooked as delicious, nutritious leafy vegetables.

Leafy vegetables or vegetable greens are considered to be richest source of dietary fiber, vitamins and minerals. Daily consumption of minimum 100 to 150 grams of leafy vegetables along with a main diet is recommended by many health experts for balanced nutrition of a human body. Apart from its health-providing properties many leafy vegetables are considered to have medicinal benefits also, especially those vegetable greens which are loaded with antioxidant vitamins and minerals.

Asparagus is a cool-season vegetable that belongs to the family Liliaceae. Botanical name of asparagus is Asparagus officinalis. It is an herbaceous perennial plant. Tender shoots (spears) of asparagus plants are used as a leafy vegetable. Asparagus is believed to be originated in Europe, Africa and Asia. Young shoots of Asparagus are very rich in minerals like iron, phosphorus, potassium, copper, manganese, selenium, calcium, magnesium and zinc. It is also rich in vitamins and major vitamin present in asparagus are vitamin B6, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, thiamin, riboflavin, rutin, niacin, and folic acid. Asparagus shoots are low in calories, low in sodium, rich in protein and a rich source of dietary fiber. Asparagus shoots are also rich in an amino acid called asparagine. Dried asparagus roots are used as a medicine because of its diuretic properties. Productive life of a well-managed commercial asparagus plantation is about 10 to 15 years.

The book 'Website Guide for Agribusiness and Horticulture Concepts' is a compilation of top website URLs in each category of agribusiness and horticulture topics.

Tamarind is a multipurpose tree. Timber of a fully grown tree yields brown-colored hardy durable heartwood which is used for various carpentry purposes. Young, tender leaves are used as a delicious vegetable. Its pod-shaped fruit has great commercial value. Fruit may be eaten raw or may be used in various culinary or medicinal preparations. Fruit pulp extracted from mature, ripe fruits after removing seeds are available in the market for culinary uses.

This 30-page booklet explains various natural and spiritual ways to reduce stress from daily life. Spiritual stress management techniques include yoga, meditation, peaceful living, prayer and observation of silence, solitude and fasting. Most popular natural stress management techniques are journal writing, socializing, listening to music, watching movies or television, exercises and physical activities, pet therapy, massage and spa therapy, and having hobbies such as reading a good book, gardening, dancing, painting, and drawing.

This 30-page long booklet is intended to provide some basic information about e-businesses or digital enterprises. The booklet explains the concepts of e-business, e-marketing, e-commerce etc and also the importance of a well-designed website in ensuring success of an online business.

It is very easy to get waylaid by the demands of personal and professional life. We often stray from our intended course of journey and become demoralized soon. We, eventually, end up with having a stagnant life rather than having the passion to pursue our dreams and goals. Here comes the significance of some good inspirational books. Such books are, indeed, able to make a positive impact on our lives. The book "20 Books For Personal Development" includes positive reviews of twenty one inspirational books.