Kolkata Homemaker Begins DIY Gardening YouTube Channel at 51

Most of us contemplate gardening as a interest. However for just a few, it’s the supply of a brand new id and technique of revenue.

Mousumi Mondal from Kolkata is one such particular person. She has been an avid gardener for the previous 27 years and has all the time beloved being round vegetation. 

Her household owned a ravishing backyard which, as a toddler, she nurtured. However as a result of frequent modifications in residence, she couldn’t make one thing comparable for 9 years after getting married. Lastly, in 1995 when she moved to a brand new home with a large courtyard, Mousumi planted a bunch of fruit timber together with jackfruit, guava, mango and betel nut. In the course of these timber, she additionally grew just a few flowering vegetation.

However just a few years later, the timber have been minimize all the way down to assemble a brand new constructing which left her devastated. “It made me actually unhappy however on a brighter be aware I assumed so long as I’ve the fervour for gardening, nothing can cease me,” she says to The Higher India.

From then on, her gardening method shifted from the bottom to the terrace. A number of vegetables and fruit like chikoo, star fruit, dragon fruit, brinjal, bitter gourd and beans are seen within the terrace backyard. Together with this, she has additionally planted a number of varieties of seasonal flowering vegetation. In complete, there are greater than 100 vegetation in her lush backyard.

Since Mousumi has all the time been a homemaker, she has quite a lot of time left after the day by day chores that are utilised for caring for the vegetation. “Even then, there was a lot time left in my day by day schedule. When my solely son left for Murshidabad for work in 2016, I felt so empty. There was a pc in our house however I used to be not well-versed in it. My son requested me to look at YouTube movies of individuals from completely different elements of the world conducting gardening and I felt why not begin one thing comparable,” shares Mousumi.

She then determined to begin a YouTube channel sharing ideas and tips for gardening. What started together with her exhibiting her pretty backyard to the viewers become panorama design concepts for gardens.

“As I’m a Bengali, my Hindi just isn’t so good. Initially, I used to choose up my cellphone and provides a backyard tour from time to time talking Bengali. With out modifying a bit, I uploaded these. However individuals got here and commented to talk in Hindi and share tips about sure plant rising. The truth is, it’s via their fixed suggestions that I used to be in a position to enhance my abilities in video modifying and gardening,” she gushes.

Mousumi, who didn’t know the names of vegetation in Hindi, began to choose up the language, make fascinating DIY decorations together with her vegetation and share them together with her viewers. Slowly her viewership elevated and now she has a bunch of greater than 1 lakh followers on the platform.

 “Even my members of the family have been stunned to know that I’m incomes from YouTube. Initially, all of them discovered it a foolish interest. I spent nearly two years perfecting my video-making/modifying abilities and studying the language. However the constructive feedback and revenue inspired me to make movies recurrently,” shares the content material creator.

Mousumi additionally shares that although this can be a good supply of revenue, it takes quite a lot of effort to provide you with fascinating content material that folks love. “It takes hours to deck up the backyard and for capturing movies, lighting is essential. Thus, every little thing ought to be achieved within the daytime itself. I handle the entire course of alone, from caring for the vegetation to importing the video. It’s tiring however so satisfying for the plant lover in me. 

As we speak, the gardener’s best assist are her grandchildren who continuously seem in her movies too. She additionally teaches them gardening strategies which the youngsters love doing with their grandmother. 

Learn the story in Hindi right here.

Edited by Yoshita Rao