Egg-shaped burial pods feed the trees and turn cemeteries into forests

[peatff]

Planting things over corpses to feed them isn't a new concept: I've heard lore concerning planting roses over a fish and something else over a sheep!

 

Grape vines were traditionally planted over a dead sheep with the roots outside a greenhouse and the main stem inside.

[treequip]

Grape vines were traditionally planted over a dead sheep with the roots outside a greenhouse and the main stem inside.

 

Is that what they mean when they describe wine as full bodied?

 

I'll get my coat:laugh1:

[felixthelogchopper]

Something similar to this already exists:

 

Arbory Trust - Burial Ground

 

Alec

 

There's a couple of others very similar in Herongate and Ashingdon. We attended the funeral of a family friend of my partner a couple of years ago and it was a lovely spot. What was really a nice touch was the family being able to put their father's ashes in with their mother.

[Aicchalmers]

So we should use engineered plastic rather than a few sheaves of willow? .. What's wrong with a good stiff bit of cloth?

[nepia]

Is that what they mean when they describe wine as full bodied?

 

I'll get my coat:laugh1:

 

 

 

That's baaaaad.

[kinderscout]

As a grave digger, I would like to see them handle a 26 stone person in an egg shaped coffin.

[TGB]

How do you carry it? Bit undignified to roll it across graveyard and into the hole.....

 

Whats wrong with cardboard coffin?

I like the idea of prepping the grave and simply cracking it open, to let your loved one slump into its final rest. Everyone at a funeral needs a laugh. Friend of mine has his funeral in a week. Maybe I could pursade his wife... maybe not.

[Mountain man]

I like the idea of prepping the grave and simply cracking it open, to let your loved one slump into its final rest. Everyone at a funeral needs a laugh. Friend of mine has his funeral in a week. Maybe I could pursade his wife... maybe not.

 

Very funny, what's wrong with cremation then sprinkle the ashes where you like?

[MATTMOSS]

Very funny, what's wrong with cremation then sprinkle the ashes where you like?

 

Have you ever seen the gas bill for a crem? A lot of fossil fuel being burned is one downside.

[ArthurBottlesworth]

I like idea of a shroud

Everyone pissed and struggling to carry me

Arms and legs falling out

They will be glad to drop you into a hole and have a good laugh afterwards ........