On 2/1/08 23:11, in article , "Bob Hobden"
wrote:


John wrote ...
sam wrote:
This Sunday's Observer reported that a local authority
in Devon had granted permission for a woman to
be buried in her own back garden.
I hope this is not you,Sacha, they can do marvelous
things these days,so keep going.
In any case,what's wrong with the compost bin?
A Happy New Year to you and all gardeners,young and old.

It has happened in Suffolk by the Essex/Suffolk border. The new owners of
the property must allow relatives to visit the grave on one day of the
year.

I wonder if it's had an effect on the value of the property?

My brother and sil bought a tiny cottage in Dorset as a week end retreat
many, many years ago. They bought it from a very old man who went into a
home. Some months later, his daughter rang my sil and said the old man had
died and asked if his ashes could be scattered in the garden. A little
startled, my sil said she'd consult with my brother. His daughter said
they'd be very grateful because "mother is there already". They agreed.
It's a lovely garden. ;-) Ray has always joked that when he goes, he wants
to be cremated and to have his ashes scattered, 3 oz to the square yard and
forked in lightly. ;-))

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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'