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James Mutua

Container gardener

Grow food in sacks and buckets

I’m James. I grow vegetables in sacks, buckets and containers on a small plot. Shop my planting calendars and grow guides, or take a course.

  1. Out now
    Tomato, spinach, kale, trowel and seed packets in dark light

    PDF · 5 guides

    Small plot grow bundle

    The calendar, the sack guide and three more guides.

    $22Add to bag: Small plot grow bundle
  2. In4days
    Hands crumbling dark compost into a bucket of red earth

    Video course · 5 lessons

    Compost and soil at home

    A course on making compost and keeping your soil healthy.

    $49Remind me: Compost and soil at home
  3. In2weeks
    Sacks and buckets of vegetables in a sunny red-earth yard

    Video course · 6 lessons

    Grow vegetables in containers

    A video course on growing a year of vegetables in sacks and buckets.

    $55Remind me: Grow vegetables in containers
  4. In6weeks
    Kale leaf with holes and a yellow edge on blue backdrop

    PDF guide · 18 pages

    Leaf problems guide

    Spot yellow leaves, pests and what to do.

    $8Remind me: Leaf problems guide

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Portrait of James in a straw hat in his sack garden

About

About me

I’m James, a gardener in Kenya. I grow kale, spinach and tomatoes in sacks and buckets in my yard, with a water drum and a few trays for seedlings.

I post a new video every week and sell planting calendars, grow guides and two video courses.

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