After living on their uncle's farm Cyril, Melisande and Roderick are finally to move out from under their relatives' feet, but instead of returning to the city they are to have a farm of their own quite nearby. The children are quite accepting of this – they have come to love living in the countryside and their father is keen to do a good job. It is Rose, their mother, that is the difficulty this time – and everyone has to pull together to help her adjust to life as a farmer's wife.