Seattle radio talk-show host Emma Silver inherits grandpa Walt's pumpkin farm in Valleyville. She didn't plan to respect his last will, she should run it, but looses her job and is forced to accept histing a new 'green' program from the farm. In order to keep it, she must pay up a $75,000 mortgage. T that end, she hopes to win the pumpkin growing contest using grandpa's winer seed line and cultivation log. Neighbor Seth Cullen, the town's handyman, but actually a Stanford engineering graduate, has a hard time convincing her they need to team up.