From Plum Creek With Love: A Little House on the Prairie Podcast

That moment Laura has been waiting for... Those moments Laura has been waiting for are finally happening. And all together in the same episode. Laura becomes a teacher and has an easy, breezy, beautiful time doing so (unlike her Sister). Charles refers to her as a young Woman and Almanzo notices there is something more mature about Laura. Lastly, Laura has made it to the ripe age of sixteen. An im...

After 6 Seasons, Mr. Oleson finally gets to take center stage. Annoyed with being taken for granted for so long, Mr. Oleson decides to hit the open road with a mobile emporium business. Out on a business trip, he meets the jovial Molly Reardon who slowly starts to develop feelings for Mr. Oleson. Feelings that Mr. Oleson is started to develop as well. Meanwhile, back in Walnut Grove, Harriet is st...

Out of the Blue, the youngest of the Wilder Siblings, Pearly Day Wilder, shows up in Walnut Grove for a visit. And it's not long before this young traveling man starts to take advantage of every situation he can. Meanwhile, Charles is annoyed with Laura's constant chatter about Alamanzo. And while Charles deals with his half pint becoming a full pint, Albert has to deal with his hormones as a new...

In the Aftermath of the HIB school fire and the resulting casualties, things have not returned to the way they were. Jonathan's treatment of his son, Andy, has gotten so bad Charles is stepping in. When Mary wakes up, in part because of Albert's involvement, clues are gathered and revelation are made. This results in Albert running away from Walnut Grove seeking solace with his biological father....

What starts as a simple annually charity picnic for the HIB evolves into Drama unlike anything we have witnessed in the Prairieverse before. Giving into peer pressure, Albert with his buddy try smoking a pipe in the basement of the HIB. Things would've stopped there only if these two had properly extinguished the pipe before attempting to conceal it. Hours later not only is the HIB gone but the re...

We are introduced to Daniel Page, a teenager who is Deaf and despite living with his father all his life, has been alone with no way to communicate with others. Enter Laura who is determined to help Daniel find his voice. As well as new feelings for Laura. Howver, Laura toys with his feelings when she uses him as a prop to get Almanzo’s attention. Also, Albert becomes obsessed with building a dogh...

Mary is alone at the HIB with the students, Baby Adam and Laura to keep her company on a dark and stormy night. Actually the episode begins during the day when three criminals make their escape off of a train and find themselves heading towards Walnut Grove. These men make their way to the HIB and by the end of the night have to deal with Charles Ingalls who's undercover as Doc Baker. What are the...

Time to step out side of Walnut Grove's city limits as Charles and Caroline hop a train for Milwaukee. What's the reason for this trip, we're told it's for some Grange meeting....but really our main focus is on Charoline's 25th year class reunion! And what a shindig! We meet former classmates in abundance, have an awkward dinner with old friends and have one smashing good time at the reunion. In t...

Bart Slater is new to town and also the Walnut Grove School. It's a good thing his family moved to the area because Bart was expelled from his previous school for behavioral issues. It should be noted he is also three times the size of all the students and even Miss Eliza Jane. After losing control of her class due to Bart's antics, Eliza Jane is in jeopardy of losing her job. Leave it to Albert a...

Tod Dortmunder is arriving in Walnut Grove to live with his Grandparents, Brewster and Virgina Davenport. And while we get a prologue and a disjointed time jump witnessing Tod's less than optimal up bringing....his grandparents have not. From assault and battery to theft, Tod is not making a good impression on anyone in Walnut Grove. However, this doesn't stop Charles Ingalls from dishing out some...

Lord help us all when the telephone arrives in Walnut Grove. It doesn't take long before Harriet Oleson starts to abuse the line by listening on the private conversations of the townsfolk. And it's unfortunately Alice Garvey who has to deal with fallout when news of a previous marriage is shared with her family. Unsure of how to handle the situation Jonathan Garvey leaves and tries to conf...

What was suppose to be a nice visit/family reunion turns out to be anything but. Caroline's father/step-father, Fredrick Holbrook, arrives at Plum Creek with Caroline's mother...in a coffin. He remains isolated in the Prairie Air BnB completely grief stricken. Over time and a little poke from Albert, Fredrick begins to recount stories from his life and is encouraged to write them. Fredrick's stori...

A new pop up prayer meeting has been invited, by Harriet Oleson, into Walnut Grove led by the somewhat charismatic Reverend Danforth. It's the usual run of the mill gathering until Reverened Danforth demonstrates his ability to cure those who are suffering from an affliction. He makes a wheelchair bound women walk, a man toss aside his crutches and a blind woman see. But what he can't do i...

An aging wrestler, Milo Stavroupolius, is once again out on another job of swindling the country folks with his shady manager and brutish counterpart. Sadly, this is the only job Milo can do that gets him the money needed to take care of his wife. It's a routine job that is until the newest contender happens to be from one certain little town of Walnut Grove: Jonathan Garvey. And the town is e...

Mr. Edwards is bed ridden following a lumber incident that, unfortunately, involved little Alisha (You would think it would be Carl). While Grace has tried to mend her man back to health, he's been fighting against it like a grizzly bear. While a visit from Charles and Laura would normally be well received, the atmosphere around the new Edwards-Snider-Sanderson Estate is dire. Until Mr. Edwards an...

It's Halloween in Walnut Grove and, unfortunately, Laura and Albert have decided not to recycle their old Lake Kezia Monster costume. Instead the duo has opted to dress up as someone's culture. In preparation for the long evening at Nellie's Halloween costume party, the two are sent to take a nap. And it's in Albert's dream we witness not only how incredible "realistic&quo...

Reverend Alden has always watched over his congregation in Walnut Grove with nothing but admiration. And while none of that has changed what has is his attitude when he is told he is loved "the way a woman loves a man." by this episode's resident widow: Anna Craig. We start to see an another side of the Reverend we've never been privy to. It's also a side that seems to clash...

From main attractions to side show acts, the street of Walnut Grove has never been so vibrant. And it's all thanks to Mr. Oleson who sent an invitation for the circus to come to town. What Mr. Oleson didn't expect was to be reunited with his estranged sister, Annabelle, who is a member of the traveling troupe. While he wants to make amends, Mr. Oleson has to come to terms with his own prejudices a...

With dollar bills signs in their eyes from the sale of honey (and the hive) they've collected near Plum Creek, Laura and Albert daydream of fancy purchases. However, learning about Adam's recognition award and lack of funds to attend the ceremony, these two decided the selfless thing to do would be donate the money. While Mary is excited to once again leave Walnut Grove, Adam is reluctant to trave...

The kids of Walnut Grove School were correct about Miss Eliza Jane Wilder: She does indeed assign more home work that Alice Garvey ever did. And special projects too. In fact the latest project is a Family Tree. While Laura is ready to run home and start on hers, Albert is left wondering what to do about his, other than make one up. This leads to the decision for Charles and Caroline to finally/of...

Picking up right where we left off...Caroline confronts Laura about her misdeeds with Nellie's dinner date with Almanzo. While she's okay with "apologizing" to Nellie, Laura bolts rather than being forced, like a child, to apologize to Almanzo. More than ever Laura is determined to become a woman and she believes accelerating her plan in becoming an educator is the path in doing so. But first she...

And we are back from the West Coast excursion and it's time to get back to school. The classroom seems different because 1) Ali G is no longer the teacher being replaced by a Miss Eliza Jane Wilder and 2) Nellie Oleson is a graduate/adult. Harriet decides to celebrate this moment by gifting Nellie her very own Hotel and Restaurant to Nellie's disgust. We also find out that Eliza Jane Wilder has a...

It's time to pack your bag and check the next train departure as we leave Walnut Grove and the surrounding areas...again. This time it isn't to follow Mary to Winoka or off to find Gold in the Country or even the possibility of moving away after a deadly tornado. This time it's to answer the wish of a dying young teen named Dylan who wants to see the ocean. With Street-smart Albert and Can't Keep...

How sweet. Fresh Meat!?! That's until the meat is proven to be anything but sweet. Determined to survive the winter, two brothers with nothing, but bad ideas, decide to salvage their remain flock of lambs by slaughtering them and selling the meat. These sheep are falling one by one with an infection of Anthrax (Maybe? maybe not? No harm in NOT telling anyone about the possible risk/side effects)....

Michael Landon has decided not to share this episode with any regular cast members. Instead he has opted to have Charles Ingalls leave everyone behind in Walnut Grove to star in a solo adventure. Out on a purchasing errand for some random blacksmith company, Charles finds his way to the town of Columbia to purchase some horses from a Harper Family Horse Farm. And it takes less than a minute for hi...