New Brunswick reports 10 new cases of COVID-19, outbreak continues at UNB campus “I took a one-year leave of absence to do this and it has been going so well,” he said.He’s even managed to expand his business into making furniture and has hired a full-time employee, said Johnson, who is even busier this year than he was last.“At first (gardening) was kind of like a necessity; maybe they thought there was going to be a shortage of food supply.
Now I think it is more of a hobby,” said Johnson.There has also seen a huge spike in vegetable seed sales at MacArthur’s Nurseries in Moncton.“Our seed sales were probably close to double what they were the year before and this year they are probably going to triple,” said manager Tony Deluca.