Green Burials: Recycling our Loved Ones

Excuse me, Linkat - after BP contaminated the waters for months on end,
never mind Exxon Valdes, they surely would not object to my puny contribution.

Highly unlikely, CJ.
You are biodegradable, after all.

Good point! Curious though if there are certain rules on disposing of remains even ashes. I know my hubby's dad had ashes sprinkled on his cabin in the MT mountains, but it was his property. I know I had heard this on burials at sea - not sure about ashes.

Like anyone would know about it if you took a little row boat or even drove to the edge of water....and just dumped them.

And just in case - go to eHow for just about anything:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2058998_dispose-cremation-ashes.html

Here is the last line of eHow and sprinkling your ashes. "Whatever decision you make follow two important suggestions; no piles, scatter the ashes and make sure you know which direction the wind is blowing when scattering!"

Yeah, no kidding. But, when my mother-in-law died, in Florida, she suggested her ashes be spread out over the Gulf. I am one for not trusting funeral homes anymore. We don't know what the heck they do, do we?

what the heck do we need to know, ashes are ashes, scattered on the ocean or the city dump really doesn't matter does it?

And for your pet - you can carry his ashes where ever you go -

Cremation pet jewelry provides a special way to keep your pet close to your heart, both literally and figuratively. This type of pet memorial jewelry has a small compartment that can be filled with your pet's ashes.

....and the answer my friend is blowing in the wind. A definite moment for
a Bob Dylan song. I should put that in my will.

Right. Neptune Society takes care of everything if they're still in business.

Now THAT is in your face death...

Well, I've not checked out the thing that produces the ashes. Do they burn one at a time, or many and divide up the ashes? Heck, nobody knows, even, who is buried where in the Arlington Cemetery. How do we know what, or who, is in the jewelry?



So, I'm prepared to think that you're right, why would it make a difference?

I guess this is kind of a gardening question...

What kinds of trees/plants would be best fertilized by something like this?

I've got 2 sets of morning glories growing in my garden, that sprung up from the dropped seeds of last year.

The area that is growing out of soil that contains compost and rich soil, with good drainage, has tiny little leaves, no more than 1 1/2 to 2 inches long, and hasn't produced one flower.

The ones that are growing in really crappy, stoney, poor drainage, hard soil blooms dozens of flowers each morn, the leaves are the size of 2 palms put together, and you can practically watch it climbing up the porch railing.

Dead people is a rich diet. Maybe mulberry trees or figs wouldn't like that.

Please Don't Bury Me
©John Prine

Woke up this morning
Put on my slippers
Walked in the kitchen and died
And oh what a feeling!
When my soul
Went thru the ceiling
And on up into heaven I did ride
When I got there they did say
John, it happened this way
You slipped upon the floor
And hit your head
And all the angels say
Just before you passed away
These were the very last words
That you said:

Chorus:
Please don't bury me
Down in that cold cold ground
No, I'd druther have "em" cut me up
And pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don't mind the size
Give my stomach to Milwaukee
If they run out of beer
Put my socks in a cedar box
Just get "em" out of here
Venus de Milo can have my arms
Look out! I've got your nose
Sell my heart to the junkman
And give my love to Rose

Repeat Chorus

Give my feet to the footloose
Careless, fancy free
Give my knees to the needy
Don't pull that stuff on me
Hand me down my walking cane
It's a sin to tell a lie
Send my mouth way down south
And kiss my ass goodbye

Repeat Chorus