Undertaking a Backyard Burial
As with so many elements of environmentally friendly lifestyles, green burials hark back to practices that were simpler and gentler on the earth. Green burial is all about developing funeral methods that support and heal nature, rather than disrupting and harming it. Town churchyards and family plots once held bodies buried in shrouds or biodegradable boxes. Nowadays, cremation and green burials are increasingly popular alternatives to conventional embalming and large, non-degradable caskets. Green cemeteries are becoming more common, and many folks are interested in returning to family plots on private land as well. The practice enjoys a long tradition in America; entire generations of families are buried on the properties where they lived.
What Is a Backyard Burial?
A “backyard burial” involves burying a person on residential property, or on land that’s privately owned and hasn’t been endorsed as an official cemetery. Laws regulating backyard burials vary not only state to state, but also county to
