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Post by gianna on Mar 22, 2022 7:39:24 GMT -5
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Post by gardendmpls on Mar 22, 2022 9:19:48 GMT -5
the state pitched as a more environmentally friendly way to die. I think they meant environmentally friendly way to decompose, as the way stated they would have to be put in the chamber while alive.
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Post by gardendmpls on Mar 22, 2022 9:27:15 GMT -5
placed in an air-filtered chamber with wood chips, alfalfa, straw and “a lot of microbial beings.” That began a natural digestion and conversion process that took six months Religious Jews and, I believe, Muslims also have natural burials. No box or embalming, only shrouds. Buried same day or within 24 hours if possible. In the US, where a box is required, it is made entirely of wood held together by wooden pegs. When it is lowered into the ground, a hole is made in the bottom so there is direct contact with the earth. Then it stays undisturbed to return to the earth, no shoveling into a pickup truck load to be dumped elsewhere.
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Post by raphanus on Mar 24, 2022 6:50:14 GMT -5
This is what I want, but I just want to be thrown into a hole and have flowers and fruit tree planted on top of me.
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Post by binnylou on Mar 24, 2022 9:54:10 GMT -5
raphanus, you really do want to push up daisies. What kind of tree would you like? I’m still struggling with what I want done.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Mar 24, 2022 15:35:09 GMT -5
I've chosen cremation, as it'd probably ick people out to have my old remains buried or composted out there. Just scatter my ashes to the winds. "Please don't bury me down in that cold, cold ground..."
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Post by breezygardener on Mar 24, 2022 16:33:33 GMT -5
Mr. Breezy & I have chosen the same. Neither one of us has remaining family that would want to visit our remains, so it just makes sense to go the cremation route.
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Post by shadetree on Mar 24, 2022 16:33:53 GMT -5
And now it seems to me the beautiful uncut hair of graves.
"Song of Myself by Walt Whitman
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Post by gardendmpls on Mar 24, 2022 22:35:43 GMT -5
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 24, 2022 22:47:23 GMT -5
I've always said I want to be cremated and have my ashes spread over a place in nature, but I've read that cremation has an environmental toll so I am conflicted. If it becomes legal to compost me where I live, I would consider that. And here in NM if you own enough acreage you can bury yourself in a shroud, on your land which I would definitely do. But I don't have the land to do that. I'll probably be cremated unless a greener option presents itself.
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Post by emmsmommy on Mar 25, 2022 3:57:00 GMT -5
I've always leaned towards burial, but the prices are outrageous. I guess I have a stigma about cremation since I've had three family members die in or from separate fires. I know you're dead before being cremated, but still it bugs me. You can actually be buried without embalming here within 24 hours of death. I don't think there's many regulations about being buried on your own land as long as it's not in the middle of town.
One of the sweetest burial sites I've came across was on the property of an older gentleman hubby used to wheel and deal with. One day while visiting one of his many farm buildings, we passed the gravesite of his wife. The plot was neatly manicured with a white picket fence surrounding it. That man has now been in a nursing home for the past several years and I wonder if his kids tend to the site.
Then with cremation there's the issue of what happens to your ashes. My father-in-law was distributed in three separate urns. Hubby's has never came home with us, mainly because he doesn't want it and honestly I helped with my father-in-law's care during his last year, but by that point I had little emotional attachment to him. My mom had my uncle's ashes divided into two urns because there was already family conflict and after months of calling, none of the rest of the family had shown any interest in the ashes. So we opted to keep his ashes together at a spot of his choosing.
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 25, 2022 8:37:11 GMT -5
My will specifies to spread my ashes at a favorite spot of mine, out in nature. It also says that if anyone wants, they can have some of my ashes to spread in their favorite spots in nature. I like the idea of being in various beautiful places. But I certainly don't want to be sitting in an urn on someones' bookcase. In fact, no urn at all- a cardboard box will do just fine until ashes are released.
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Post by gianna on Mar 25, 2022 10:26:58 GMT -5
A good friend died a few years ago. Her ashes were spread in two places - in her favorite place in the high desert, and on their lovely property (probably illegally). Sounds good to me.
Another friend's ashes, in an urn, are interred in a pricey 'nook' (not sure what it's called) in a cemetery. How much better to be spread on the earth somewhere. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
I would not want to keep the ashes of anyone. Composting and subsequent use sounds pretty good to me.
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Post by pondgardener on Mar 25, 2022 14:28:27 GMT -5
Here is another unusual option...this is close to an area where I had gone backpacking years ago. open air cremation
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 25, 2022 18:00:34 GMT -5
pondgardener,that's how it's done in India, Nepal, Tibet and probably other places i don't know of. Seems quite right to me.
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