Philagardener, not a long season this year, cool summer rain starting in earnest in September. We recently had two light frosts but not bad enough to kill anything although the leaves are starting to turn yellow on this one.
We never know what we'll get here, we've had killing frosts in early September and some years we don't have frost until November. Some falls are quite warm and dry, others can be wet and cool to cold.
Last year we had vine ripened tomatoes July 1st., this year a bust, no ripe tomatoes until the first week of September and only had a few before we had to pull the plants, last year we were giving them away.
I grow most of my beans on conduit poles, a cork with a nail in the top to hang 6-8 strings from, I used to use fancier toppers but have gone to this simple method. I have one top for my conduit poles where I can actually use an umbrella
. I use this on 'Barksdale' if needed, works like a charm, this insures a good seed harvest every year regardless of the weather.
Annette