Natural Burial survey - your help appreciated

[jall55]

Thinking realistically it could be done quite cheaply as time is usually taken in the morgue waiting for the coroners report, embalming, registrar etc.
There would be a certain amount of time being held in the morgue waiting for the Coroner to do his job but that isn't always necessary if the deceased passed in hospital, Doctors report, Registrar then down the hole they go, just a few days.
As was said cardboard box, carry yourself then away you go, job done or have I missed something.
My wife having passed recently, cost because she passed at home and had to have an autopsy so she was held in the morgue until that could be done, then there was a long wait for a certain number of bodies to make the Crematorium viable for stoking up.
She was held for quite some time, in fact she was kept so long that when I asked to see her once more before the Crem opened up, was told she had deteriated so much it was not advisable, so the last sight of my dear wife was when she was still as pretty as before she passed.

Sorry to hear of your loss
Keep going

Lost my friend just before Christmas and a friends son just before that
2 funerals in a week
Not fun

 

[Qwertyzmate]

Done. Good luck with the dissertation

 

[Bavarianbrit]

That is very touching.
So sorry to hear of your loss.

That hurts.

 

[old keeper]

Done

 

[BenBhoy]

Done - a beech tree please!

 

[BenBhoy]

She was held for quite some time, in fact she was kept so long that when I asked to see her once more before the Crem opened up, was told she had deteriated so much it was not advisable

Exactly the same with my dad, long wait so undertakers suggested I shouldn't. Hurt like hell, as last time I saw him he was propped up in hospital bed not looking like himself at all.

 

[malmick]

Done, all the best for your dissertation.

 

[jonathankent]

Thinking realistically it could be done quite cheaply as time is usually taken in the morgue waiting for the coroners report, embalming, registrar etc.
There would be a certain amount of time being held in the morgue waiting for the Coroner to do his job but that isn't always necessary if the deceased passed in hospital, Doctors report, Registrar then down the hole they go, just a few days.
As was said cardboard box, carry yourself then away you go, job done or have I missed something.
My wife having passed recently, cost because she passed at home and had to have an autopsy so she was held in the morgue until that could be done, then there was a long wait for a certain number of bodies to make the Crematorium viable for stoking up.
She was held for quite some time, in fact she was kept so long that when I asked to see her once more before the Crem opened up, was told she had deteriated so much it was not advisable, so the last sight of my dear wife was when she was still as pretty as before she passed.

I am terribly sorry for your loss, and for the circumstances you had to endure.

 

[HonestJohn]

My father passed on Nov 5th from Parkinson’s. My best friend and stalking/shooting buddy of a lifetime. The process of funeral planning and associated
Upfront costs were shocking, but dealt with. Not fun.

Either way, he was not a religious person, so we went for a naturalist service, which was excellent and recounted all he believed in and loved.

No woodland burial for him though, I will spread his ashes over our favourite stalking ground in Argyll on a mountain top overlooking loch awe. A place where a decade of father-son memories were made.

long story and rather irrelevant I suppose, but hey.

Here’s to the old man

 

[Wilkesy]

Done.

 

[Pedro]

Cheery lot today, aren't we.

EMcC - So sorry for your loss. Bureaucracy invades all aspects of life it seems.

As for being chucked in a hole in a corner of a field or wood, I think that would be okay really. I would lie there and dream of some day being discovered and having a bone handled by someone like Professor Alice Roberts.

 

[Envillegc1]

Done, interesting topic.
I understand that chemical burial is also on the rise.

 

[8x57]

As for being chucked in a hole in a corner of a field or wood, I think that would be okay really. I would lie there and dream of some day being discovered and having a bone handled by someone like Professor Alice Roberts.

You can't say that Pedro, you're a misogynist.

My wife and I were once watching Nigella's kitchen on the T.V. when my wife said "I wouldn't mind Nigella's kitchen", when automatically and without thinking I came out with "I wouldn't mind Nigella in the kitchen".
She's never allowed me to forget that and since then I haven't been allowed to watch any more of Nigella's cooking.

 

[Plitts]

done

 

[sparky9]

Dear All,

I'm currently in my final year of my degree studying Rural Land Management as a mature student, and completing my research dissertation on whether natural burial could assist in the management and creation of woodlands.

If anyone had 5 mins spare it would really help me out if you could fill in my survey.

It does cover the subject of berevement and funerals (nothing graphic) so please only proceed if you are happy discussing such things.

My thanks for your support.

Natural Burial as a Diversified Income Stream to Woodland Creation and Management in the UK​

done.

 

[geoshot]

Done
I've been trying to persuade my nearest & dearest that something like that is how I want my remains to be dealt with.
As a geologist my ultimate hope would be to be left someplace where I had at least a chance of being fossilised, but such places are very rare and are usually quite inaccessible too.
So, the thought of being recycled into a tree is an appealing alternative.

 

[8x57]

Beastmaster .308
While walking the dogs just now and contemplating intended clear felling of much of my current stalking ground in the next few weeks, I wondered about the long term land management of these woodland burial sites. The trees on my stalking ground are being removed early due to disease.

Dependent on the type of trees planted and soil type could there be a possibility that at some time in the future when the trees are harvested (and possibly the stumps grubbed out) that human remains could inadvertently be brought to the surface and require reburial?

 

[Tagoat]

Beastmaster .308
While walking the dogs just now and contemplating intended clear felling of much of my current stalking ground in the next few weeks, I wondered about the long term land management of these woodland burial sites. The trees on my stalking ground are being removed early due to disease.

Dependent on the type of trees planted and soil type could there be a possibility that at some time in the future when the trees are harvested (and possibly the stumps grubbed out) that human remains could inadvertently be brought to the surface and require reburial?

I understand your thoughts re requirement for reburial, but surely they are just bones. The soul is left in the soil or been freed?

 

[8x57]

I understand your thoughts re requirement for reburial, but surely they are just bones. The soul is left in the soil or been freed?

I agree with you but people may tend to get upset when their relatives remains start to turn up on the surface.

 

[Pedro]

I agree with you but people may tend to get upset when their relatives remains start to turn up on the surface.

Looking at all the archaeological digging that goes on these days, the term "final resting place" is a bit of a misnomer.