Rick, I am constantly eating beans raw. I go out to the garden and pick. Some make it into the bowl to go inside but many just get eaten as I am working. That is why I like tender types that have good flavor when small as I like to eat them raw.
You can grow beans in pots just like I grow peas and that might give them more warmth. But they can not be crowded like peas can. If beans are crowed they don't produce.
You need to look at the popular seed companies for a great selection of pole beans. There seem to be different ones at different sites.
