Always better to have food from your garden if possible. I think the weather, and in your case the fires, this year have been hard on gardeners. (I think that D I W would agree!)
Actually, I think the ash fall (and we had a lot of ashes fall, I was surrounded by three major fires) - helped my garden! I have a record number of peppers this year, they just keep coming and coming (jalapeño relish as Christmas gifts) - my lemon tree is exploding with lemons (lemon curd for Christmas gifts as well) and lots of plants blooming.
My son works behind three large computer screens for his IT job (works from home) - he told me his record session for solving one problem was 72 hours! I worry about these guys’ health - I know they eat a lot of junk food and sit for a lot of hours - thankfully, none of them smoke or drink alcohol except beer on the weekends, still, not a healthy lifestyle.
It is very dry here now in SoCal so we are praying the fires don’t start up.