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.

Autumn Prairie Pumpkins grower with auburn hair and round glasses holding coffee at a wooden table in a golden-hour Kansas heirloom pumpkin patch

June 01, 2026

What “Human-First” Means at Autumn Prairie Pumpkins

What it means that we are a human-first company: real hands, real soil, and seeds packed by the people who grow them in Newton, Kansas.

Illustrated woman with auburn hair and round glasses standing at the edge of a Kansas pumpkin patch at dawn under a low golden June strawberry moon, coffee in hand

June 01, 2026

The Strawberry Moon Over the Kansas Pumpkin Patch

The first of June came in soft this year. I was out at the edge of the patch before six, coffee going cold in my...

Woman holding a basket of ripe strawberries at a Kansas farm stand in late May with pumpkin seedlings in the garden behind her - illustrated art style

May 29, 2026

The First Red of Summer

The strawberries showed up at the farm stand on Tuesday. A flat of them, deep red all the way through, the kind that smell like...

Woman tending pumpkin vines in a Kansas garden on a late May morning with coffee in hand - illustrated art style

May 27, 2026

The Garden Is Running Now

The vines crossed the edge of the bed sometime last week. Not by a little. By a good yard, reaching out into the walking path...

Illustrated woman with auburn hair pressing heirloom seeds into a Kansas garden on Memorial Day morning, golden light, coffee thermos on fence post

May 25, 2026

When Memorial Day Means Seeds in the Ground

The Chelsea Flower Show wrapped up in London this week. One hundred and sixty-eight thousand visitors over five days, the world's best garden designers, plants...

Illustrated woman with short auburn hair and round glasses sitting on a garden porch step with a coffee mug, overlooking a lush Kansas pumpkin garden at sunrise, warm storybook art style

May 22, 2026

The Long Way Home

The coffee was just right this morning. I had it on the back step while the light was still low, watching the garden warm up,...

Woman kneeling beside blooming pumpkin vines with a bee on an open orange blossom, Kansas garden, morning light

May 20, 2026

What the Bees Know About Pumpkin Pollination

There's a bee working the squash blossoms this morning. She has been at it since just after sunrise, moving from the wide open orange cups...

Woman with auburn hair and glasses tending a spring garden at golden hour - pumpkin vines climbing a fence post, coffee in hand

May 18, 2026

The Show Garden You Don't Need a Ticket For

Somewhere in London right now, a garden designer is standing back and looking at a flower installation the size of a small building. The Royal...

Woman examining heirloom seeds at a farmhouse table, illustrated storybook style - Autumn Prairie Pumpkins

May 15, 2026

The Quiet Work of Keeping Seeds Alive

Today is National Endangered Species Day. The observation snuck up on me the way May always does, with the garden already demanding attention before I've...