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1. I want to be a tree

Fri Nov 16, 2018, 01:44 AM

Nov 2018

Actually, I don't care that much but I hope my survivors will plant me in a tree somewhere after cremation.

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Green Burials: At the End of Life, Thinking Outside the Coffin [View all] elleng Nov 2018 OP

I want to be a tree Lunabell Nov 2018 #1

No cremation for me, elleng Nov 2018 #2

I don't even want the pine box! csziggy Nov 2018 #6

Ditto. elleng Nov 2018 #4

You are kidding essme Nov 2018 #12

Digging next to a tree could be hard - think of all the roots! csziggy Nov 2018 #7

I'm lucky - I own sixty acres so have lots of room to plant trees csziggy Nov 2018 #9

I'm in Florida and will be working with experts csziggy Nov 2018 #11

You might want to consider body composting, Totally Tunsie May 2019 #14

Cremation for me. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #13