Thank you. I'm copying your post and saving it. I've looked at Terrior Seeds on the web as we bought some seed from them for my husband a few years ago. Their only sell heirloom seed and they had a section for seed that grows well in heat. Kentucky Wonder was in that group.
I have to get rid of the dead rose bushes along that wall. I tried two days ago to cut them with a manual hedge trimmer and have to get too close to the zillions of thorns. I have ordered a 22 inch machete to whack them down from a longer distance. Once I get rid of the thorny branches, I can pull them out of the ground. I need that machete anyway to whack off zombie heads.
http://www.victoryseeds.com/bean_kentucky-wonder.html
These are a bit cheaper (depending on shipping) and they mail out orders lightening fast. But this is so popular you can get it at any store that sells even the minimum of seeds to save on shipping charges. I did like the description mentioning Texas so that’s a plus. ;)
They’ll produce all summer until the first hard freeze gets them. When the temps get 100, they’ll slow down but will get going again when the heat breaks. Just keep them picked every few days so they’ll put on more. There’s a clean up factor at the end of the season. The dead vines will have to be pulled down but it’s no big deal. You can talk on your phone with one hand and clean up the dead vines with the other with not much bending over.