Magic Beans can be planted by young Link in soft soil.  Soft soil looks like a square of light dirt with a hole in the middle.  When a bean is planted by Young Link, it will transform into a magic moving platform for adult Link.  These magic moving leaf platforms are very useful.  Magic Beans can be bought from a character near the entrance to Zora's River.  It costs 10 rupees for the first bean and the price goes up 10 every bean you buy.  Also, every soft soil spot except the one next to the Magic Bean merchant has a gold Skultulla in it.  Drop a bottle of bugs on the soft soil to get it. It doesn't matter whether or not you've already planted a bean there.

There are 10 spots to plant beans, and as such you can only buy 10 beans.

Soft soil locations to plant Magic Beans:
- To the right of the shop in Kokiri forest.  The shop is the building with the red roof.
- In the Lost Woods, two areas left of the first area.
- In the Lost Woods, go R,L,R,L,L.
- In the Northeast corner of the Kakariko Graveyard
- The entrance to Dodonogo's Cavern
- Right next to the guy that's selling the beans at Zora's River
- Next to the Lake Hylia lab
- In Gerudo Valley (fall down to a platform on the right side of the bridge and far side of the river)
- At the Desert Colossus, right next to the entrance to the Spirit Temple (use Requiem of Spirit)
- In the Death Mountain Crater (use Bolero of Fire to get to it)