From spring to fall with the help of her grandfather, Jody learns to plant, care for, harvest, prepare, and eat some runner beans.

In this humorous version of the traditional tale, Jack's magic beanstalk produces so many beans that soon everyone in the village is sick of eating them, and mad at Jack, and when he climbs the beanstalk he finds that Mr. Giant is equally fed up with beans-- but fortunately Mrs. Giant suggests a solution to their diet problem.

A spoonful of green beans is placed on a girl's lunch plate for the first time. She does not want them there and gets upset. After the caregiver tells her that it is goo to try something once, the child expands her trust and tastes the green beans.