The heat wave left right behind Kendall.

Fall garden catalogs arriving daily.

I was cogitating, Maggie, on how much later you can start a second crop of tomatoes than can we can here, given that our climate temps are actually pretty similar. I wonder if it has to do with day length (and possibly an earlier cooling of average night time tempuratures than do you.)

Tomatoes significantly slow production here by mid to late September, well before first frost.   Ditto peppers, cukes, and some varieties of dahlia.   You are enough further south that your fall day lengths are likely enough longer to perhaps make a difference. Over the years, I've noticed a number of plants that love both sun and heat decrease significantly in production here long before first frost, but after night temps begin to routinely drop into the low 60's to low 50's, even when day temps stay in the 80's to upper 70's.

Whaddaya'llthink?