I grew some good tasting vegetables in my back yard. But the heat and drought burned it up. I didn’t even get enough to can or freeze.
In another great depression only the strong will survive in the cities. And they will have to take from others. The best chance for survival is to get out of the cities. I hope to be able to do that next Spring. There’s no way I can do it today.
I had the same problem but found out that by putting shade cloth over them I still am getting tomatoes even. I put all my plants in buried pots where they are either under shade cloth or in natural shade from a tree for at least half the day. After I did that they are all doing normal again.