Feature by Gregory Beatty People have embraced all sorts of new hobbies and interests during the pandemic. Bike shops are sold out of inventory until 2022, vets are booked solid spaying/neutering kittens and puppies, sea shanties are — okay, some “hobbies and interests” are just passing fads. But 14 months into the pandemic, others seem to have staying power. Zoe Arnold is urban agriculture coordinator at CHEP Good Foods (chep.org) in Saskatoon. One trend she’s seen is a growing interest in gardening. “Saskatoon has over 50 community gardens, so there has been a really strong interest around that kind of agriculture,” she says. “Unfortunately, even before the pandemic most of the plots in the city had wait lists.”