An elderly woman named Rebecca hates pumpkins because they remind her of the Great Depression when she and her family had nothing to eat but pumpkins. When an enormous pumpkin falls off a truck and smashes in her front yard, Rebecca covers up the pieces with dirt and forgets about them. However, the seeds from the pumpkin turn her yard into a pumpkin garden, and Rebecca finds herself, once again, surrounded by pumpkins. Color illustrations accompany the text.