I’m certain that’s a problem in Wisconsin as well, because we are RIGHT behind you in potato production - pretty much the entire middle 1/3 of our state produces potatoes, onions and carrots to the extreme. Nothing prettier than a tater field in bloom, or a carrot field in frond. :)
I love growing potatoes myself. Both Kennebec and Red Pontiac keep really well for me. Just used up the last of last years crop a few weeks ago in potato salad. This season I’m doing winter squash in the potato patch for rotation purposes. With all of our rain, they’re pretty much just sitting there, but we’ve got plenty of growing season ahead of us. I rarely give up on my garden.
My ‘Bestie’ of 35+ years just moved from ID (south of Boise) to the pine forests (NE corner) of AZ. When she lived here, her garden was always SO much better than mine - but now I have the upper hand...only until she gets her raised bed built, LOL! :)
I love gardeners, but I don’t grow things. Just a couple of dracaena indoors and a lovely pot of catnip for his royal highness.
Luckily I can walk to Trader Joe, purveyor of well-priced organic fruits and veggies and meats.
Daughter and her hub have full-time jobs but do grow many veggies, lately in raised beds. I met a couple recently who have a year round veggie garden in raised beds in a sort of plastic walk-through tube. But they are about 70 miles south of my daughter and she doesn’t think she can succeed with that ‘way up north. Driving up to her place, you do go through a sort of temperature barrier. Suddenly it’s 10 degrees colder.