Toby and Billy take Doris out to dinner for her birthday with money they've earned but aren't prepared for the size of the check.

Envious of Billy's Little League uniform, Toby announces that he has a uniform as well, referring to a choir robe, despite the fact that try-outs for the choir haven't yet taken place.

Doris is approached by the school committee to enlist businessman Henry R. Pritchard to supply milk to the children at school for free with the condition that she and her boys become part of the advertising campaign.

Thanks to matchmaking sons, Doris is beset with an insufferable suitor, Deputy Sheriff Puckum, who fancies himself the town swinger.

Leroy has hopes of becoming a country composer when a publisher accepts his song "Weeds in the Garden of My Heart." But the hired hand has paid $50 for the big break, and Doris fears he's the victim of fraud.

Billy and Toby are conned out of a valuable antique from the attic by two old ladies. Doris plots her own way of retrieving the treasure.

Doris and Aggie reminisce about how Leroy showed up at the ranch. The handyman made such a lasting impression on the boys but Grandpa found him to be incompetent.

Billy comes home from school with a black eye. Buck tries to encourage the boy to fight back but Doris steps in to find out exactly what's going on.

Leroy becomes an obsessive bookworm and a fiend for 19th-century verse. His ulterior motive is a lovely librarian who has invited him to a meeting of the local poetry club.

The Martin boys excitedly prepare for their first camping trip with Grandpa Buck and his old friend Joe Whitecloud but the excursion is threatened by a brewing feud between the veteran outdoorsmen.

Doris' former boss asks her to return New York for a week to help out and then becomes determined to convince Doris to stay.

Buck has some competition when both he and the veterinarian fall for the new manicurist in town.

Buck and Leroy take the boys away for a camping trip. Doris and Juanita are set to redecorate the house when they are surprised by Leroy's colorful cousins.

With Buck and the boys in bed with colds, Doris assumes the task of trapping Tyrone Lovey, a longtime troublemaker who's suspected of poaching on the ranch.

The boys get a job as egg deliverers and get sick to their stomachs so Doris has to deliver the eggs.

Doris faces sleepless nights and sluggish days, thanks to a chiming antique clock given to her by Leroy. Problem: How to get rid of the noisemaker without hurting the handyman's feelings.

Grandpa and Leroy are left in the lurch when Doris and Juanita leave the ranch to help out a new mother. Grandpa's ex-girlfriend Major Emma Flood takes over running the place like a military installation.

Buck is upset with the military base when their pilots' aerial maneuvers frighten the chickens so they won't lay eggs. One of the pilots bets his buddies he'll make a hit with Doris.

Buck and Doc are getting set for a horseshoe tournament when Doc has a mishap because of Leroy, who is then enlisted to take Doc's place.

Grandpa is on the verge of bankruptcy. He needs a new tractor and several farmers owe him money. Doris decides to collect the money since Buck is too generous and laid back.