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?

All our seeds are grown and tested on our Zone 6b homestead in Newton, Kansas. 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 picking wild black raspberries along a Kansas fence line on a summer morning

June 26, 2026

Wild Black Raspberries: A Late-June Note from Kansas

The dog walked me down to the fence line before six this morning, and that is where I found them. Wild black raspberries, the first...

Maggie in a Kansas pumpkin patch at dusk with fireflies glowing, holding an Autumn Prairie Pumpkins mug

June 24, 2026

Lightning Bugs in the Garden: A Kansas Summer Night

The first one blinked on around nine, low over the squash leaves, while the coffee in my hands was still too hot to drink. Then...

Maggie, the Autumn Prairie Pumpkins gardener, holding a basket of fresh summer squash and zucchini in a Kansas garden at golden hour

June 22, 2026

What to Do with Too Much Summer Squash

The first one always catches me off guard. I went out at sunrise with my coffee, expecting nothing but blossoms, and there it was under...

Illustrated woman with auburn hair and round glasses holding coffee at sunrise in a green Kansas pumpkin patch on the summer solstice

June 19, 2026

The Longest Day: A Summer Solstice Garden Note from Kansas

The light comes early now. By half past five the patch is already awake, the dew still sitting heavy on the broad leaves, and my...

Illustrated woman with auburn hair and round glasses holding a plain mug in a sunlit June pumpkin patch with honey bees and blooming zinnias during Pollinator Week

June 17, 2026

Gardening for the Bees: A Pollinator Week Note from the Patch

The bees were already working when I came out with my coffee this morning, before the dew had even decided to lift. There is a...

Illustrated woman with auburn hair and round glasses holding coffee at the edge of a sunrise pumpkin patch, Father's Day morning

June 15, 2026

Gardening with Dad: A Father's Day Note from the Patch

The coffee was still too hot to drink when I noticed the first squash blossom had opened overnight, a small gold trumpet pointed straight at...

Illustrated gardener standing at the edge of her pumpkin patch watching a combine harvest golden Kansas wheat on the horizon

June 12, 2026

The Combines Are Rolling: Wheat Harvest Comes to Kansas

You can see it from the gravel road before you hear it. A line of dust along the southern horizon, gold below and blue above,...

Illustrated farmer reading the Newton Kansan at the Autumn Prairie Pumpkins farmers market stand, pumpkin patch behind her

June 10, 2026

We Made the Paper: The Newton Kansan Visits Our Micro-Farm

This week something happened that we are still grinning about. The Newton Kansan came out to the micro-farm, walked the beds with us, and put...

Illustration of a fair-skinned woman with an auburn bob and round glasses in a rust pinafore holding coffee at the edge of a Kansas pumpkin patch before dawn, watching Arietid meteor streaks in the pre-sunrise sky

June 10, 2026

Watching the Arietids Meteor Shower from the Morning Patch

The coffee was already warm when I stepped outside. It was not yet five, and the sky over the patch still held its dark, the...

Illustration of a Kansas gardener with auburn hair and round glasses sipping coffee on a porch step overlooking a green June pumpkin patch during National Garden Week

June 08, 2026

National Garden Week from a Kansas Pumpkin Patch

The coffee was still too hot to drink when I noticed the first bee of the morning working the squash blossoms along the east row....

Illustration of a woman with auburn hair and round glasses standing in a Kansas pumpkin patch gazing out at the low golden sun in the long light before the summer solstice

June 05, 2026

The Long Light Before the Solstice

The light comes up over the patch a little earlier every morning now, and it lingers a little longer every night. By the time I...

A woman watching fireflies glow over her Kansas pumpkin patch at dusk with a mug of coffee

June 03, 2026

How to Attract Fireflies to Your Yard (Without Really Trying)

The first one rose out of the bean rows a little after nine, while the sky still held a thin band of orange in the...

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