re your garden.....it is still way too cold where I'm at to really start planting although I do have red onions, walla walla's, some loose leaf lettuce, radishes, and some potatoes in, but not nearly as many as you and in the past I've had very little luck with them.....also, I have garlic doing well....
I bought a lot of dehydrated potatoes about a year ago when they were a buck a piece...now, they're closer to two bucks...
I could give up pasta and rice, but potatoes are my go to fill up food any day of the week.