After the beets were finished, mom let Will dig a hole in her garden to make a pond for the minnows he caught. It turned into a rather large project and ended with tom creating a liner for the pond from a trash. Will was thrilled!! The pond even had an island and a rock bridge for the minnows to hide under. Surprisingly, the minnows survived in the pond for almost a week!! Mom added water from the hose and Will gave them some food. I was actually surprised the chlorine water didn't kill them right away. One minnow was quite the jumper and made regular attempts at an aerial escape. Poor guy!
Eventually, mom was ready to reclaim her garden spot but Will wasn't ready to relinquish his pond. So on the hottest day of the summer mom dug a huge hole through the roots under the mulberry tree in her yard so Will could have an even better minnow pond!! I know for a fact mom never dug a hole in the yard for us kids!! Will is so spoiled!! : )
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