What are heirloom pumpkin seeds?

Heirloom pumpkin seeds are open-pollinated varieties that have been passed down through generations. Unlike hybrids, you can save seeds from heirloom pumpkins and grow the same variety year after year. Most of our seeds are open-pollinated heirlooms, and we also carry a few F1 hybrids. All of our seeds are non-GMO.

What growing zone are your seeds tested in?

Our seeds are grown and germination-tested on our Zone 6b homestead in Newton, Kansas, and we source additional seed from trusted growers when we need to. Most of our varieties also perform well in Zones 5-9. Each product listing includes specific growing zone recommendations.

Do you offer free shipping?

Yes! We offer free shipping on orders of $35 or more. Orders under $35 pay USPS calculated shipping. Seeds ship via USPS First Class, and coffee ships fresh within 48 hours of roasting.

What makes your coffee different?

Our coffee is roasted in small weekly batches, Prairie Blaze right here in Kansas, and every 8 oz bag is packed and shipped fresh from Newton. Available in Prairie Sunrise (light roast) and Prairie Blaze (bold medium roast), ground or whole bean.

Are your pumpkin seeds vine borer resistant?

Many of our Cucurbita moschata varieties are naturally resistant to squash vine borers, including Seminole Pumpkin, Long Island Cheese, Tromboncino, and Mrs. Amersons. We highlight vine borer resistance on each product page.

The Patch Post

Prairie stories, growing tips, and reflections from our Kansas garden. Follow the seasons with Autumn Prairie Pumpkins.

Maggie holding a freshly harvested tan heirloom pumpkin in a farmhouse kitchen with a baked pumpkin pie and coffee mug - why homegrown pumpkins taste better - Autumn Prairie Pumpkins

July 20, 2026

Why Do Homegrown Pumpkins Taste Better? Notes from the Patch

Somebody asked me at the farmers market last fall why do homegrown pumpkins taste better, and I remember laughing, because she said it like a...

Illustration of a Kansas gardener kneeling in a green pumpkin patch beside a yellow Labrador, with a coffee mug on the soil and ripe pumpkins on the vines

July 17, 2026

Are Pumpkin Vines Poisonous to Dogs? What I Learned at Dawn

Cooper found the pumpkin patch before I did this morning. Nine years old, mostly deaf, entirely committed to whatever smells best, and by the time...

Maggie kneeling in a Kansas pumpkin patch at dawn, looking at deer hoof prints in the soil beside a bitten pumpkin leaf

July 15, 2026

Do Deer Eat Pumpkin Plants? What I Found in the Patch at Dawn

There were tracks in the soft dirt by the third row, two cloven prints pressed deep where I had watered the night before. Above them,...

Maggie counting small green pumpkins on the vine during a July morning walk in a Kansas pumpkin patch, coffee mug on the fence post

July 13, 2026

How Many Pumpkins Does One Plant Produce? A July Count

I carried my coffee out to the patch just after sunrise this morning, before the heat had any opinions, and did the thing I always...

July 12, 2026

Good Soap for Garden Hands: The Case for Cold Process

By late afternoon in July, my hands tell the whole story of the day. Soil worked into the knuckle creases, a little tomato-leaf green on...

July 11, 2026

The Squash Bug Battle Kit: What Actually Works

Every July the same war starts under the leaves. You lift a big Seminole leaf, and there they are: those neat bronze rows of squash...

Maggie kneeling in a Kansas heirloom pumpkin patch at sunrise, one hand on a ripening pumpkin, coffee mug beside her

July 10, 2026

Are Pumpkins a Fruit or a Vegetable? Notes from the Kansas Patch

The Long Island Cheese out in the north row is about the size of a dinner plate now, and this morning it held a bead...

Maggie kneeling by a backyard compost pile examining a volunteer pumpkin vine in a Kansas summer garden

July 08, 2026

Are Volunteer Pumpkins Safe to Eat? Notes from the Compost Pile

The first one showed up where I never planted it, right at the shoulder of the compost pile, two fat lobed leaves reaching up out...

Maggie in the Kansas pumpkin garden with her dachshund - Autumn Prairie Pumpkins

July 07, 2026

Are Pumpkin Flowers Edible? A Morning in the Kansas Patch

The best part of a July morning is the walk out before the heat sets in, coffee in one hand, dew still on everything. That...

A pumpkin leaf turning yellow between the veins, held to the light in the Kansas patch

July 03, 2026

Reading Your Pumpkin Leaves: What Yellowing, White Dust, and Chew Holes Mean

I walked the patch first thing this morning with an empty wheelbarrow and came back with it full of yellow leaves. If you have grown...

Maggie from Autumn Prairie Pumpkins picking tender edible pumpkin leaves into a basket beside a wooden fence in a Kansas pumpkin patch

July 03, 2026

Are Pumpkin Leaves Edible? Notes from the Kansas Patch

A neighbor stopped by the fence this week while I was thinning vines, watched me drop a handful of leafy tips into a basket, and...

Maggie tipping spent coffee grounds onto the soil beside a pumpkin vine in a Kansas garden at golden morning light

July 01, 2026

Are Coffee Grounds Good for Pumpkins? Notes from the Patch

There is a moment most mornings when the coffee is poured and the filter basket is still full of warm, dark grounds. For years I...

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