About Us

Man About Tools Ltd., was created to document our journey creating a small homestead in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. We like to garden and strive to become more self sufficient. We are passionate about many aspects of homesteading and sustainability. We are excited about reshaping our small space into beautiful and functional property.

Cast your own Concrete Countertop for a Potting Bench with a Galvanized Corrugated Metal Roof
We are placing a concrete countertop on our outdoor potting bench

Kent is a graduate of Engineering Technology and has design and product development experience and is a life student in many creative disciplines. These include art, music, woodworking, and general construction and carpentry. Marilyn is an eager and hardworking gardener and (most of the time) goes along with Kent’s creative endeavours.

On our website we have detailed the many projects we have constructed to support those of you who have purchased project plans from us. There’s links on each plan’s page to an associated blog post. And there’s also a link to the corresponding Youtube video.

Our recent addition of vacuum formed concrete molds has been a big hit. We have a whole series of videos and blog posts to support that endeavour. The video series has been well received on YouTube and it always surprises us how far reaching this idea has flown.

Thank you for your continued support,

Kent & Marilyn Gravelle

MAN about TOOLS Ltd.
PO Box 21038 RPO Duncan Village
Duncan BC V9L0C2

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