Firefly Curated Seed Collections

Classroom Seed Kits are available free of charge to teachers and educators of all grades. We charge $5.99 for shipping, have the charge. Just select Local Pick Up and I’ll still ship them to you!  We take our excess seed and make it available for use in your classroom. We simply ask that you post our flyer in your teacher's break room. Please email me at andre@fireflyfarmandmercantile.com with the specifics you are looking for.  We will also reach out if we see an order and do not hear from you. For example, you may ask for seeds that sprout easy or if there is a lesson you are doing and if a seed can coincide with that lesson.  These are just seeds and any literature we may have from our growers. 

What is a Curated Heirloom Collection?  It can be overwhelming with all these options so we can help! We choose the best fit for your climate. We have 1500+ seed options, mostly heirlooms, always Non-GMO and always open-pollinated. This allows us to be able to always have great options for your garden and your climate.   See below for what every collection includes.  Herbal Heirlooms - Popular Kitchen Herbs!  1 Basil, 1 Parsley, 1 Thyme, 1 Oregano, 1 Dill, 1 Chives, and 1 Regional Favorite  Green Power - Greens for all your growing seasons - 2 Lettuces (warm and cool season), 2 Kale (1 warm and 1 cool) 1 Arugula, 1 Collard, 1 Spinach and 1 Regional Favorite Patio Paradise - All varieties are focused on small spaces to help keep the food flowing - 1 Tomato, 1 Cucumber, 1 Radish, 1 Bean, 1 Squash, 2 Herbs, & 1 flower.  Vertical Vines - All varieties do great on trellises. 1 Pole Bean, 1 Pea, 1 Cucumber, 1 Squash, 1 Melon or Watermelon and 1 Flower for your region Backyarding in the ‘Burbs - Gardening for the average size back yard - 1 Squash, 2 Tomatoes, 1 Pepper, 1 Zucchini, 1 Lettuce, 1 Bean, 1 Pea, 1 Carrot, 1 Cucumber, 2 Flowers, 2 Herbs, and 1 Regional Favorite No Limits - Space is not an option! Either you have tons of open space or you maximize your garden plots because of your creativity and gardening expertise! 1 Squash, 1 Pumpkin, 2 Tomato, 1 Bush Bean,  1 Pole Bean, 1 Tall pea, 1 Short Pea, 4 Greens and 3 Flowers.   

Early BFCM  Pricing Starts Today - Starts Shipping 12/7, Pre-Order Yours Today.   Firefly Farm & Mercantile's Feast for Families- We took some of our favorites and most reliable varieties and put them altogether in this collection so your garden provides plenty of produce from mid spring to after frost. The flowers help attract pollinators and host beneficial bugs for your garden. This will help increase your harvests all summer long.  Each seed packet lists the instructions for that specific variety. This seed collection allows you to save your seed as the entire collection is Open-Pollinated and always Non-GMO at Firefly Farm & Mercantile.  Strike Bush Bean (Snap Beans) - 50 Seeds Ideal Market Pole Beans (Snap Beans) - 25 Seeds Dragon Carrot - 200 Seeds Little Gem Lettuce - 100 Seeds Yugoslavian Red Lettuce - 100 Seeds German Pink Heirloom Tomatoes (Slicing)- 10 Seeds  Indigo Apple Tomatoes (Sauces, Slicing) - 10 Seeds Blush Tomatoes (Grape) - 10 Seeds Golden Treasure Italian Sweet Peppers - 10 Seeds Waltham Butternut Winter Squash - 10 Seeds Summer Croockneck Yellow Squash - Seeds Marketmore 76 Cucumbers - 25 Seeds Costata Romensco Zuchinni - 10 Seeds Bloomsdale Spinach - 100 Seeds French Breakfast Radishes - 200 Seeds Sweet Basil - 40 Seeds Bouquet Dill - 100 Seeds Borage - 20 Seeds, Loved by Pollinators Nasturium Mix - 25 Seeds Large Flowering Dahlia Zinnia Mix - 50 Seeds Upgrade for these four kid favorites!  Sweet Gem Snap Peas (40 seeds) Formula Mix Sunflowers (50 Seeds) Rattlesnake Pole Beans (25 Seeds) Dwarf Mix Cosmos (50 Seeds)  On the rare occasion we are out, we will substitute a variety that is similar will work great in your garden. 

Early BFCM  Pricing Starts Today - Starts shipping 12/7 - Firefly Farm & Mercantile’s Firefly Conservation Seed and Habitat Kit will help you provide a welcoming environment to the fireflies in your garden and surrounding areas. Inside each kit will be four packets of seeds (3 native flowers or mixes and 1 native grass) perfect for your garden and area. We also include our Gardening with Fireflies cards to help implement ways you can help promote fireflies in your backyard and gardens.  The seed collection will come in an envelop with this product graphic so it does make a great gift.  We choose seeds that can be planted at the time of order or shortly after so some of our seeds enclsoed changes through the year. In fall through mid winter we choose seeds that enjoy the cold and can be winter sown on snow or bare earth. For summer we may choose a mix of specieis that can root in and be fine until winter.  As a bonus we do add an annuals flower for your zone that can be sown as well or discarded. It is really just a little extra for kids who may receive this or adults who want a little 1st year color. The annual will die back as we just choose species that do not come back even from seed too well.  Our custom made gift envelops are on the way from the printer! 

Early BFCM  Pricing Starts Today - Starts Shipping 11/24, Pre-Order Yours Today.   Firefly Farm & Mercantile's First Time Flower Gardener - Our First Time Flower Gardener collection consists of some of the easist flowers to grow and ones that provide blooms all season long! This is perfect for anyone who wants long lasting cut flowers. You can also save seed from all of these so you can have even more the following year. Each flower packet is labeled with instructions and is enough to plant 10' of every type of flower.  Large Dahlia Flowering Zinnia Mix  Sensation Mix Cosmos Purpletop Verbena Loves Lie Bleeding Amaranth Evening Sun Sunflowers (Multi-head flowering sunflower) Pacific Beauty Mix Calendula Mammoth Mix Sweet Pea  

Our Herbal Roots Collection the three most popular herbal roots from our collections: Ashwagandha, Echinacea, and Marshmallow. The collection comes in a glassine envelope with namesake card for easy gift giving and all instructions are on each seed packet. It includes one seed packet of each of the following: The botanical names are included below Ashwagandha - Withania Somnifere Echinacea - Echinacea purpurea Marshmallow - Althaea officinalis 

Starts shipping 12/7 - Firefly Farm & Mercantile's United States Heirloom Seeds From Your State Collection- Heirlooms come from all over the world and right here in the United States we have some of the most remarkable heirlooms. This collection focuses on providing heirlooms on a state by state basis. We do not have all states selected but we are making it our mission to find heirlooms for all 50 states to offer them here.  All your seeds (2 full packets) will be in our custom United States Artwork envelope so it is perfect for gifts. We use seeds from our various seed companies or ones we grow and pack ourselves. Also included is a summary of the history of your heirloom seed. Your seed packets may contain beans, peppers, tomatoes, flowers, herbs, greens and more, our collection is diverse! Every state offers so many wonderful unique heirlooms, start discovery yours today.  Other Heirloom State Collections with their states we offer.  Northeast:  Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersy, New Hampshire Mid-Atlantic: Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Tenessee, Kentucky Midwest: Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, North and South Dakota Southeast: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina  West Coast: California, Washington Lower Central: Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma Our gift envelopes are being made and will be arriving first week of December, shipping starts 12/7. 

Starts shipping 12/7 - Firefly Farm & Mercantile's United States Heirloom Seeds From Your State Collection- Heirlooms come from all over the world and right here in the United States we have some of hte most remarkable heirlooms. This collection focuses on providing heirlooms on a state by state basis. We do not have all states selected but we are making it our mission to find heirlooms for all 50 states to offer them here. All your seeds (2 full packets) will be in our custom United States Artwork envelope so it is perfect for gifts. We use seeds from our various seed companies or ones we grow and pack ourselves. Also included is a summary of the history of your heirloom seed. Your seed packets may contain beans, peppers, tomatoes, flowers, herbs, greens and more, our collection is diverse! Every state offers so many wonderful unique heirlooms, start discovery yours today.  Other Heirloom State Collections with their states we offer.  Northeast:  Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersy, New Hampshire Mid-Atlantic: Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Tenessee, Kentucky Midwest: Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, North and South Dakota Southeast: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina  West Coast: California, Washington Lower Central: Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma Our gift envelopes are being made and will be arriving first week of December, shipping starts 12/7. 

Starts shipping 12/7 - Firefly Farm & Mercantile's United States Heirloom Seeds From Your State Collection- Heirlooms come from all over the world and right here in the United States we have some of hte most remarkable heirlooms. This collection focuses on providing heirlooms on a state by state basis. We do not have all states selected but we are making it our mission to find heirlooms for all 50 states to offer them here. All your seeds (2 full packets) will be in our custom United States Artwork envelope so it is perfect for gifts. We use seeds from our various seed companies or ones we grow and pack ourselves. Also included is a summary of the history of your heirloom seed. Your seed packets may contain beans, peppers, tomatoes, flowers, herbs, greens and more, our collection is diverse! Every state offers so many wonderful unique heirlooms, start discovery yours today.  Other Heirloom State Collections with their states we offer.  Northeast:  Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersy, New Hampshire Mid-Atlantic: Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Tenessee, Kentucky Midwest: Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, North and South Dakota Southeast: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina  West Coast: California, Washington Lower Central: Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma Our gift envelopes are being made and will be arriving first week of December, shipping starts 12/7. 

Early BFCM  Pricing Starts Today - What is the Monthly Mystery Seed subscription? Every month we will send you or the person you are buying this gift for, ONE of our unique heirloom or open-pollinated seed options.We tend to ship these around the 8th and 25th of the month. If you need it sooner than one of those dates when you buy it, just let us know.  Choose from any of our great options:  1. Surprise Me - It could be an herb, vegetable or a flower. Who knows it could even be a mystery bulb!  2. Flower Only 3. Vegetable Only 4. Herb Only If you want to include a message, please let us know so we can go ahead and include that too! Personalized messages do help make the gift even better! 

Tons of see all curated for when to plant! Looking for that unique gift or just want to be surprised each month, then our Monthly Mystery Seed Collection is for you.  For every month of your selection, I will send you at least 2 different types of seeds. Choose from 1, 3, or 6 months. This will delight new and experienced gardeners alike. Gardeners will get all their packets at one time so they can follow my advice or they can go their own way.  For each Month’s Envelope You Will Receive 2 to 3 packets, ranging from Flowers, Veggie or Herbs. We stock a wide range of seeds and try to customize it for your location of where the package is going. If you have any special requests, kindly just let us know in the notes section when ordering the Mystery Seed Collection.  If this is a gift for someone, please use the gift functionality during checkout. We can wrap gifts for you or just send a note. We like to help make gifts feel special.  We do ship all seeds at one time but in a separate envelope. This is to save on shipping and in case you wanted to see all the seeds sooner to get them in the ground. When sending 2-3 types of seeds each month, gardeners also like the option of being able to plan their garden versus receiving so many each month. We do offer a Monthly Subscription Giftset where we will send 1 pack of seeds each month. Click here

Starts shipping 12/7 - Firefly Farm & Mercantile's United States Heirloom Seeds From Your State Collection- Heirlooms come from all over the world and right here in the United States we have some of hte most remarkable heirlooms. This collection focuses on providing heirlooms on a state by state basis. We do not have all states selected but we are making it our mission to find heirlooms for all 50 states to offer them here. All your seeds (2 full packets) will be in our custom United States Artwork envelope so it is perfect for gifts. We use seeds from our various seed companies or ones we grow and pack ourselves. Also included is a summary of the history of your heirloom seed. Your seed packets may contain beans, peppers, tomatoes, flowers, herbs, greens and more, our collection is diverse! Every state offers so many wonderful unique heirlooms, start discovery yours today.  Other Heirloom State Collections with their states we offer.  Northeast:  Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersy, New Hampshire Mid-Atlantic: Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Tenessee, Kentucky Midwest: Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, North and South Dakota Southeast: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina  West Coast: California, Washington Lower Central: Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma Our gift envelopes are being made and will be arriving first week of December, shipping starts 12/7. 

Our Herbal and Medicinal Tea Collection includes our most popular herbs and flowers, specifically for making tea.  Making tea from your own garden, worked by your hands is a treat.  Many types of herbs and flowers can be used. This collection includes the most popular. The collection comes in a glassine envelope with picture below for easy gift giving.  It includes one seed packet of each of the following: The botanical names are included below Organic German Chamomile - Matricaria recutita Organic Tulsi (Holy Basil) - Ocimum gratissimum Organic Orange Resina Calendula - Calendula officinalis The credit for this picture goes to Alyssa Morgan, Viroqua WI. 

Firefly Farm & Mercantile's Peppers of Italy Seed Collection- This collection of heirloom peppers with Italian roots will have your taste buds hopping. You will receive 10 heirloom pepper seeds of each variety. Each pepper has a unique story and is included in our Peppers of Italy Gift Envelope with your heirloom seeds.  And for our Early Black Friday Special we are adding our Italian Marconi Peppers while supplies last!  The Seed Collection Includes 5 varieties + 1 Bonus through Cyber Monday (or before if we run out) Tolli's Italian Sweet Pepper (Sweet) Ralph Thompson's Squash Pepper (Medium heat) Golden Treasure Pepper (Sweet) Jimmy Nardello's Peppers (Sweet) Ausilio Thin Skinned Peppers (Medium heat) Limited Time Offer - We are adding 6th Variety through Cyber Monday or while seed supply lasts!  Marconi Pepper (Sweet) 

Early BFCM  Pricing Starts Today - Firefly Farm & Mercantile’s Prairie Pocket Mix will support local birds, butterflies and beneficial insects and provide safe resting stops to your migratory birds and butterflies. Hellen Keller said it best "Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much." If all of us plant little pockets of nature, it can provide valuable habitat and safety zones for all the nature around us.  In each Prairie Pocket Mix set includes packet of Native Flower for 100 square feet (think 10'x10' space), 1 packet of Little Bluestem so you can plant it where you want. And we inlcude a handout on buidling habitats for nature in your yard. Through Cyber Monday we are including 1 packet of our Bird & Butterfly Wildflower Mix to help have flowers your first year. You can plant everything together or you can keep them separate, it's your choice! Starts Shipping 12/7 - Our custom made gift envelopes are on the way from the printer! 

Starts shipping 12/7 - Firefly Farm & Mercantile's United States Heirloom Seeds From Your State Collection- Heirlooms come from all over the world and right here in the United States we have some of hte most remarkable heirlooms. This collection focuses on providing heirlooms on a state by state basis. We do not have all states selected but we are making it our mission to find heirlooms for all 50 states to offer them here. All your seeds will (2 filled packets) be in our custom United States Artwork envelope so it is perfect for gifts. We use seeds from our various seed companies or ones we grow and pack ourselves. Also included is a summary of the history of your heirloom seed. Your seed packets may contain beans, peppers, tomatoes, flowers, herbs, greens and more, our collection is diverse! Every state offers so many wonderful unique heirlooms, start discovery yours today.  Other Heirloom State Collections with their states we offer.  Northeast:  Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersy, New Hampshire Mid-Atlantic: Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Tenessee, Kentucky Midwest: Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, North and South Dakota Southeast: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina  West Coast: California, Washington Lower Central: Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma Our gift envelopes are being made and will be arriving first week of December, shipping starts 12/7. 

Starts shipping 12/7 - Firefly Farm & Mercantile's 2026 Tasty Tomatoes Seed Collection- This collection of heirloom and wonderfully tasty tomatoes is exactly what every home gardener is looking for - tomatoes with all the flavor and easy to grow! You will recevie 10 seeds for each variety inlcuding our limited time bonus. All your tomato seeds are enclosed in our Currated Tomato Gift Envelope with planting instructions - perfect for gifting or for yourself.  And for our Early Black Friday Special we are adding our Amish Paste Heirloom Tomato while supplies last!  The Seed Collection Includes 5 varieties + 1 bonus variety through Cyber Monday (or before if we run out)!  Artisan Tiger Blush Tomato German Pink Heirloom Tomato Indigo Apple Tomato Yellow Brandywine Heirloom Tomato Matina Heirloom Tomato Limited Time Offer - We are adding 6th Variety, Amish Paste Heirloom, that makes incredible sauces!  Amish Paste Heirloom Tomato Our gift envelopes are being made and will be arriving first week of December, shipping starts 12/7. 

Starts Shipping 12/7 - Garden Adventure Kits for Teens, Tweens and Kids have natural curiosities. Our seed collections are aimed at helping kids engage in nature. Our selections of seeds is based on where you live and the interest you choose. We have 2,000 seeds at our fingertips from various seed companies and ones we even grow ourselves. This lets us select the perfect seeds right down to your specific climate. It can be overwhelming but seedw are our specialty.  Choose from the following themes and age selections in our seed collections: Garden Collection Themes - This is the heart of the kit. Each seed kit is curated based on the recipients address. We want the next generation developing a love for nature so we choose varieties that are easy and rewarding to grow. Each selection includes 5 varieties  Vegetable Garden  Flower Garden  Natives &  Wildflowers  Age Group Selection - while the seeds may be the same, our garden inserts are slightly different. We include simple actions they can take to engage in nature and their garden set. Choose the following Teen 14+ Tween 11-13 Kids 10 and Under

Early BFCM  Pricing Starts Today - Starts Shipping 12/1.   Firefly Farm & Mercantile's The Homesteader's Harvest- Raising your own food is an investment of time but gives peace of mind knowing that you can plant and harvest your own food and seedstock makes it worth it. The inspiration behind this collection is a fully stocked pantry. Many of our selections are heirlooms that have stood the test of test and all seeds are open-pollinated. From early spring greens to late fall's brussel sprouts, our Homesteader's Harvest will keep your pantry stock all season long.  Each seed packet lists the instructions for that specific variety. This seed collection allows you to save your seed as the entire collection is Open-Pollinated and always Non-GMO at Firefly Farm & Mercantile.  Rattlesnake Pole Bean - 25 Seeds Blue Coco Pole Bean - 25 Seeds Strike Bush Bean Snap Beans - 50 Seeds Golden Bantam Improved Corn - 100 Seeds Amish Snap Peas -40 seeds Valencia Day Neutral Onion -100 Seeds Dragon Carrot - 200 Seeds Scarlet Nantes Carrot - 200 Seeds Grandma Hadley Lettuce - 200 Seeds Buttercrunch Lettuce - 200 Seeds Amish Paste Tomato - 25 Seeds German Pink Heirloom Tomatoes (Slicing)- 25 Seeds  Indigo Apple Tomatoes (Sauces, Slicing) - 25 Seeds Blush Tomatoes (Grape) - 10 Seeds Wisconsin Lakes Sweet Peppers - 25 Seeds Jalapeno Traveler - 10 Seeds Ferehozon Hungarian Paprika Pepper - 20 Seeds Waltham Butternut Winter Squash - 20 Seeds Spaghetti Squash - 20 Seeds Black Futsu Pumpkin - 25 Seeds Costata Romensco Zuchinni - 10 Seeds Summer Croockneck Yellow Squash -10 Seeds Marketmore 76 Cucumbers - 25 Seeds National Pickling Cucumber - 25 Seeds Rasmus Broccoli - 25 Seeds Bloomsdale Spinach - 100 Seeds Lacinato Kale - 100 Seeds French Breakfast Radishes - 200 Seeds Golden Acre Cabbage - 50 Seeds Detroit Dark Beet - 100 Seeds Lutz Fall Keeper Beet - 175 Seeds Purple Top Turnips - 150 Seeds  Grey Striped Sunflowers - 50 Seeds Sweet Basil - 40 Seeds Bouquet Dill - 100 Seeds Borage - 20 Seeds, Loved by Pollinators Nasturium Mix - 25 Seeds Beed Feed Mix - 1 oz Seeds Large Flowering Dahlia Zinnia Mix - 50 Seeds Dwarf Mix Cosmos (50 Seeds) Bonus Seed Packet- 1 Soup Bean for your region: Varieties will include Jembo Polish, Cherokee Trail of Tears Black Bean, Turkey Craw, or Jacob Cattle  On the rare occasion we are out, we will substitute a variety that is similar will work great in your garden. 

The Three Sisters is based on a Native American farming technique.  The techniques vary but what remains constant is the tradition of planting Corn, Beans and Squash together.  The corn is planted first, followed by the beans and squash in a few weeks. The corn provides a stalk for the beans to grow up on, while the beans provide nitrogen to the corn and squash, and the squash provides a protective border and some shade for the roots and helps to retain moisture.  We are transitioning to new envelopes to include the image you see here, they arrive the first week of December. We can ship in our plain envelope if you want to recevie it faster. Options are below for either.  Traditional with Sweet Corn:  Country Gentleman (75 Seeds), Waltham Butternut Squash (20 Seeds), Rattlesnake Pole Bean (50 seeds), Bonus Sunflower Pack Traditional with Popping/Grinding Corn:  Glass Gem Corn (50 Seeds), Cherokee Trail of Tears Black Beans (50 seeds), Waltham Butternut Squash (20 Seeds), Bonus Sunflower Pack Small Garden: Shorter Corn and Bush Snap Beans: Blue Jade Corn (75 seeds) Strike Bush Beans (100 Seeds), Waltham Butternut Squash (20 Seeds), Bonus Sunflower Pack Surpise Me: We use your zip code to match up the best options for you. This is our second most popular option and will include a Corn, Bean, Squash and Sunflower We combine our Butternut Squash, Golden Bantam Corn, and a Pole Bean.  Play around with any combination you like.  Firefly Farm & Mercantile may substitute based on seed varieties in stock or on your growing region. We are happy to customize so please give us a call.  Instructions - There are many ways you can do plant a traditional three sisters garden.  One method is to plant a plot of corn in a square and then plant the beans on the outer square, while the squash is then planted around the beans.  More Detailed Instructions which we also inlcude in each envelope: The Three Sister Gardening collection uses a Native American food production technique called the Three Sisters. It uses Corn, Beans and Squash together in a food production plot. The corn provides support for the beans, the beans provide nitrogen to the corn, and the squash forms a perimeter around the corn and beans helping to protect it. Depending on your bean types you will want to think how you grow the Three Sisters. Enclosed in our collection is a fresh eating Green Bean type of Bean. If you are growing dried beans, you can plant a little differently as we will discuss.  Let’s get started. The ground is warmed up so it’s time to plant your corn. Your corn should be in the center of the patch or against a wall. When you plant your corn its best to try to get 4 rows with 6 being ideal. This may mean a corn patch that is 6 rows with 8 seeds per row. The idea is to help ensure a good cross pollination of corn. If planted in a single or double row you limit pollination. Beans – You should plant your pole beans around the perimeter of your corn when the corn is 1’ tall. You will want your beans to be able to be supported by the corn. When planting, it is important to not have more than 1 bean for every corn stalk. Ideally, I have found it to be 1 bean plant for every 2-3 corn stalks as the beans will branch out. You cannot successfully plant a fresh eating bean in the middle of the corn as you will never be able to harvest it. If you are growing drying beans, you probably can but we limit to around the perimeter. Once you planted your beans, you can sow your squash. Some sow their squash when they sow their corn and that is fine. But do plant your squash 3-4 feet away from the corn. Squash will grow fast and far.  It is ok to move and stake your squash vines as you see fit. The squash is creating a natural border to help deter critters from eating your corn.