Visiting the Graves
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- Опубликовано: 23 окт 2021
- Samhain - an ancient Celtic Festival - is approaching so it is time to visit the local graveyards. We have two here, an old one and a newer one. This is the time of year to be remembering our ancestors.
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Next week I will be carving traditional Jack O'Lanterns and talking more about Samhain traditions and folklore.
Thanks for watching - have a great week!
I was just telling a person about a Slavic tradition ‘Dziady’ which translates to ‘grandfathers’ ‘forefathers’ or ‘elders’. It’s part of the ancestor veneration Slavic tradition that is traced to Slavic paganism. In Slavic culture, we remember, honor and celebrate our dead ancestors in both the spring and fall seasons. I remember always visiting the graves of our relatives during those times with my entire family. We’d bring food and drink with us, and we would all sit around the gravesite together as a family, eating, drinking, and sharing with our dead relative all of the news. We’d also introduce the newly born family members to our dead relatives. Food and drink would also be set aside for the dead relative, along with fresh flowers Around that time the entire cemetery will be full of families doing the same thing. Thank you for sharing this with us. A wonderful video. What you were saying about how it was the locals that would bury the person is exactly how it was in Russia. I don’t know about now in modern days, but when I was a little girl which was about 30 years ago, it was a custom in Russia for the dead person to remain in the family house for a day and night, and it was the family that washed the dead person and got him/her ready for burial. And like you said the entire neighborhood would send them off. Just like the entire neighborhood would welcome a newborn
WE do the same - we wake the dead at home, at least we do here in the west. It just shows that if we go back far enough there were connections between people long ago.
Every year at Hallowtide, (which is April for me), I take myself on a pilgrimage to ancestral graves. After much sleuthing, I found my great great Irish grandmother in an unmarked grave. I sat with her and spoke as if she was sitting with me. I’ve sat with my convict ancestors and many others. I always visit my Cornish great grandmothers resting place and leave an apple as was the custom. It is one of my favourite things to do. When I went to UK, I think a day did not pass without me seeking out graves 😁 thanks for sharing! 🙏🏻☘️
That sounds like a lovely pilgrimage Robyn. It is such a thrill when you find the grave you are searching for and can read the inscription. xx
What beautiful content. Terri. I'm going for woodland burial and am thankful it's an option these days. Unlike the burials you show in the heart of the community, the whole process of death is an industry generally. I think we've forgotten how to bury our dead, how to acknowledge and accept death as something natural and inevitable - a part of life. Thank you for putting the love back into 'Halloween' which has become a ghoul-fest and big money spinner, instead of a celebration of the love which crosses all boundaries and dimensions.
Yes, this. We have a place here in Ireland that is an all natural burial I think in Wexford. Love it.💚
Beautifully said Lyn. I totally agree with your definition - "..a celebration of the love which crosses all boundaries and dimensions"
Beautiful words and sentiment Lyn, people have become so scared of the end of days that is has turned into a kind of taboo and hidden from. I know im guilty of it but this video and a lot of comments have helped me adjust so thank you.
You’re looking especially lovely in your beautiful shades of Irish green. Thank you Terri. 🙏💕🌙
Thanks Leslie - I wear green a lot now I think about it.
Beautiful scenery while biking. Love the tradition of a community doing the grave, gives a sense of closure for all involved. I can imagine someone telling story or two of the departed while the grave is dug. That would be a wonderful send off to the next realm. Thank you for sharing.
If the person is old there are stories but not at the grave, the Rosary is said. The stories are told at the Wake.
Thank you Terri. Lov the way you keep tradition alive! Hugs
Hugs to you too Lola x
I'm always fascinated by graveyards...what beautiful places for loved ones to rest🤍
I agree and they often get great views!😂
That was lovely. It was lovingly informative. Thank you for taking time, as always, to share your knowledge and gifts. Stay well and safe.
It is a pleasure Janet. x
You depicted the meaning of Samhain so beautifully. Thank you for not bringing the “spookie ookie into it”. I do believe as well that it a time of Remembrance and respect for all that have come before. My parents are buried two hours away from where I am and I have a difficult challenge in being able to get there. So I have a memory garden which I tend to and place memory stones and offerings and have a it of a ritual around Samhain in remembrance of and connection to them. Those are heartwarming ways you have there for burials… so much better than the commercialized ones we can seem to not be able to get away from here nowadays. Be well sweetie.
Lady Thyme - your Remembrance Garden sounds beautiful - it is so good to have a place to make offerings an rituals. xx
My favorite channel. Whenever I’m in the garden or cooking I listen to your videos and I find them so peaceful, informative and fascinating. Thankyou 🐚🌿🌸
Thank you so much Louise. I feel honoured indeed xx
Beautiful traditions. Thank you Terri and Lol for sharing the beauty with us. I love your outfit Terri . Blessings to all
Thank you Pamela x
Thank you for telling us about the traditions and practises of burial in your community both past and present. Learning about different traditions of people living in various parts of the world is a start to understanding and acceptance. Thank you for taking us along to the cemeteries.
You are right Catherine - we have to keep learning about each other x
The night before my mom's funeral . After they had dug the grave they all pulled out and we were informed that they would not cover her.So my great Uncle pulled ropes out of his pickup. Several family members put on their gloves and grabbed their shovels. She was lowered with ropes and covered by family. It was the right way, looking back. Thankyou for sharing the burial code. Thankyou this was very heart warming for me.🥀🥀🥀🥀
I believe it was the right way. Who pulled out and why would they do such a thing?? How upsetting for you, but it turned out very well.
@@DanusIrishHerbGarden My Aunt and Uncle gave us a casket for her and the State said it did not meet code. The Funeral Home was involved also. There just happened to be a small political group in town. So my Aunt talked to the representative then it was my turn.. oh and we weren't invited to the party we invited ourselves. Of course I'm sure you no how that went. Zero It turned out the way of my ancestors. Celtic on my dad's side.I definitely
@@DanusIrishHerbGarden I'm definitely Celtic.
Thank you for this walk...it was what I needed. Peacefulness....🥰
Peacefulness - very much needed
Thank you Terri. 🙂
When I was about 12 I used to just sit in the graveyard that was close by where I lived; sometimes for hours. It's probably really weird but it was so peaceful there!
Blessings! 💜
Thank you for the lovely content. It is a beautiful sentiment when others gather to bury a person. I wish it was that way in the USA
It is not like this in other parts, particularly in Dublin. Glad we have our customs here.
Hello Terri.
Thank you for your lovely video . I believe in Samhain as it always was a time to think of all those gone before us.
My fathers ancestral home is in County Roscommon. His brothers and sisters live there with their families
Born in a traditional home a small farm.
It's lovely to know that traditional burials within communities still continues..
Blessings to all at this time..hugs .🌹💚
Blessings Linda!🌼
When you said OOPS I thought oh no she is falling into a hole left from a decaying coffin. Such loving traditions in Ireland with burying the dead. Thanks for sharing another beautiful day with us.
That could have happened!!😂
This video touched something deep inside me. Seeing the older cemetery that dates back to famine times made me think about my Irish ancestors, who might be buried in places like that. The way you described neighbors digging the graves was very moving.
Glad you enjoyed it Lucille.
Thank you so much! What a beautiful and informative video. I love the tradition of the neighbours, family and friend digging the grave. Beautiful
Is it similar in Wales?
So much love and sacred sharing in the beauty of ireland. I need this so much in the challenges of present day. I thank you with love
You are very welcome Tacy. Glad to hear it helps. xx
The countryside is so beautiful. A beautiful place to be put to rest.
The views are amazing on a sunny day.
Oh I like the older one better.and 🌈 rainbows.And look how you take your bike out on a cloud full day.Loved it.Thankyou.
I do too Rhonda. It is much more atmospheric and relaxed.
Beautiful burial customs. I love visiting graveyards. They’re peaceful and quiet. They’re are some very old burial sites not too far from me that go back to the late 1600s.
They offer a great place to sit and get things into perspective. x
Hi Terri you are my online mother I learn so much from your wisdom thank you so much
Hey Denis. I am honoured! Just looked at your channel and I love your photography.
I so enjoyed your video and couldn't help feel my own ancestors are there at some level. Beautiful rituals they used to have, we don't always take the time anymore in our modern ways and its a shame. Thank you.❣
It is a shame but we as individuals can still make our own rituals. xx
What a wonderful way for people to serve the mourning family.
I don't believe in saying "loss one" because they're not lost.
They have departed to the other side of the veil, waiting for our return home.
IT is and yes, they are not lost, just out of sight.
That is interesting and beautiful. Thank you for sharing all of this. I look forward to the next time. Beautiful rainbow as well. Hope you have a good week. ☺️
Thank you Sheila - hope you had a good week too and glad you spotted the rainbow!
Now this video has be a special kind of love. A reminder about end of October and what Halloween used to mean, exactly what my mother told me . Danuta from Canada.
Glad you liked it Danuta.
So beautiful ....visiting graveyards is so interesting, stories left untold..thank you 💞
Lots of mysteries..
The scenery is unbelievably beautiful complete with rainbow. Thanks for taking us on the "tour". Many people that I knew have been buried in our City cemetery. When I visit, it brings me peace. By the way, you look lovely in your greens.
Thanks Carol! Yes the cemeteries are lovely peaceful places.
Thanks for this one. I enjoyed the bike ride. I'm a walker and not a bike rider but I remember my bike riding as a kid. Cemeteries are such interesting and special places. Here in this village our cemetery is right in the forest, so graves between forest trees. Essentially people here are buried, as a congregation, in the forest. Your 'place' is so interesting, with a beauty about it because of how natural it still is. One village graveyard, about thirty miles down the lake from this village, has a strong haunted feeling about it. That graveyard started with hardluck silver miners, prospectors and logging folk that lived hard trying lives. I've been in First Nations graveyards in this country and they always have a different feel about them as compared to white settlers and immigrant folk cemeteries. One of my old acquaintances, here in this mountain valley, was cremated. We, a few friends and neighbours, scattered Jim's ashes (Jim was Scottish and a prospector) in the forest near where he had a favourite cabin. My (long dead now) aunt, scattered her husband's ashes from the deck railing on a ferry, crossing from the mainland to the Vancouver Island, so Walter's in the Pacific. It's interesting how people deal with their dead. I guess there are as many ways to bury and cremate a person as there are sects of various religions. My dad, who died from covid back on January 26th, 2021, was cremated. So dad's ashes are sitting in a receptacle in my mum's bedroom. With covid restrictions dad spent his last days in misery in hospital. No one could go to see him, he was alone. When he died there was a nurse there but that seems almost cruel that no family were allowed to be with him. But covid is cruel and heartless, so we understand.
I agree that death rites and ceremonies are very interesting. I love the fact that in some places in the Himalaya, they have sky funerals where they leave their dead on mountain tops and the eagles come and eat the cadavers. This is done because they have no depth of soil for burial in the earth and no wood to burn for cremation. I am sorry to hear of the passing of your father and that he was alone. That was a disgrace and an abuse of human rights in my book, nothing to do with a virus, solely to do with management from the top down. I hope you and your mother are getting on ok.
Lovely views 🥰 I like the pipe and tobacco tradition. Older graveyards with standing tombstones fascinate me as the newer ones where I live are just ground markers. Thanks for sharing Terry ✨♥️✨
That's a shame as the cemeteries end up very uniform. The older ones have interesting markers as they are all quite different.
I love seeing Palm trees in Ireland! it always surprises me
They survive because of the Gulf Stream
Thank you for sharing Terri. I love learning more about the Celtic festivals, as they resonate more with me than the modern day celebrations of today. How beautiful to see your families final resting grounds...and to hear about the local burying customs. (Here in Canada the whole funeral industry is unionized and corporately motivated, making it near impossible for families of the deceased to have any input other than writing a cheque!) On a positive note, I feel very fortunate to have my Dad, brother and paternal relatives graves in driving distance...so I will be making time to spend some time with them during these days of Samhain.
That is a shame Trinalea as death is such an important part of life, for everyone in the family, not just the deceased. Enjoy your visits. xx
I lived 1100 miles away when my aunt died. When I came back to visit the cemetery I had her grave location information from the cemetery . After visiting my grandparents grave I found the specified location. It was a different Julia Butler. I walked back towards the road and found another Julia Butler, also not my aunt, and I gave up my search. I had no idea that her name was so popular .
How frustrating to have gone so far and not find it.
Beautiful video as always Terri. How comforting to feel your loved ones who have passed from this world are still near 💗
IT is a good thing, there is a sense of continuity. xx
Mom and me used to love to visit the old grave yards in Maine.
They are such peaceful places and so interesting.
I agree.
I believe my great-grandmother's grave is marked by a lilac, probably because the family couldn't afford a headstone.
Beautiful video, Terri. I felt a little emotional thinking about the community coming together to provide the burial. That’s what the world needs more of now. What a beautiful custom.
It really is. We also still have the custom of the Wake.
Another lovely video Thanks Terri 🌀🙏🏼🍂🎃✨
You are very well spoken and a pleasure to listen to, Terri…. I believe there is a loose weave between us and our ancestors…Very much enjoyed this video.
I agree and I think they are easier to reach at liminal times such as dawn and dusk!
What a beautiful Video. I've just begun really learning about Samhain. Every country has its own death culture. In Mexico, it is Dia de Los Muertos (The Day of the Dead). In many parts of Asia, every service in a Buddhist temple has an element to remember, respect, and honor the dead. At most major Buddhist festivals, there's the ceremony for the feeding of the Hungry Ghosts, (those who have died and had an unfortunate rebirth into the ghost world). Your Vlogs really help. Thank you so much. I went to a cemetery last week, one that goes back to the early 19th century. I'm also Buddhist so I went for sitting and walking meditation on death and the impermanence of life as well. Lots of Love from America PD
You are right, we are all humans trying to make sense of things and to help those departed spirits. Love to you too x
Beautiful scenery.
Truly awesome! Thank you! 👍🇨🇦😎🌿
Glad you liked it xx
Well said! 💜 Thank you for sharing this beautiful video
So glad you enjoyed it. x
You do such a wonderful job representing your little community, I hope your not over run with tourists in the summer.
I would say we are but I understand that many people make their living in tourism. It's a double edged sword!
A very nice video , thanks.
My dad and his relatives are buried in a very similar graveyard near the sea at Magheragallon , Gweedore ,Donegal .
I have relatives buried in Lettermackward, Donegal, in the Rosas. Hope to visit one day God Willing
So beautiful, Loved it! Thank you for sharing
You're welcome!
What a wonderful installment Terri. I find that the best way to learn about a community is by starting in the graveyard. The traditions of your home are beautiful. Why does nobody maintain the graveyard where your grandmother lies?
Some graves are maintained and lots of people visit them at this time of year but there is no "maintenance crew". Some graves have no family near by so they can look quite neglected but it is the natural way of things
I love this video. It is a reminder of the natural process of life, and dead is part of it. Also the respect and appreciation we should have for each other, even at the end of life.
YEs indeed, death is part of the cycle xx
Very nicely done video and such weather you had! Gorgeous views! Teri I love your outfit this episode too.
Thank you Mary x
Added bonus to your lovely video was seeing the rainbow 🌈!
I think you are the only one! No one else has mentioned it so far. xx We get lots of rainbows this time of year.
🌈 Thank you very much. See you
Thanks Su. xx
Thank you, just what my soul needed. Happy Samhain.
And Many Happy Returns Stacey.
Thank you for sharing this. I loved it!
Hey Tara, so glad you enjoyed it.
I don't think too many Americans realize how disconnected we are from our ancestors having immigrated from wherever each of us are from. Even though my maternal grandmother and great grandmother are buried in America, they are 3 hours away and then my paternal grandmother is buried in a town in New York over 2 thousand kilometers from where I live. I think most Americans take too much for granted and do not think about the many shoulders upon which we stand.
Unfortunately that is the same everywhere although more people are looking back to the old ways so perhaps things will change.
I received the book I purchased from you Terri, it arrived so quickly and I’m very pleased with it, thank you 🙏
Such a beautiful and wild place, I was drawn to the mountains in the distance, this video made me think I will get my mums photo, and bring it to the table in the kitchen this week, she can sit with me while I knit my first grandchild a something which will hopefully will reveal its self to me soon, 😊😄 not much of a knitter, although I’m determined by the time it’s needed I will have mastered a jumper.
Did Lol run along behind you whilst you were riding your rather gorgeous bike 🤣 well done lol for great tenacity, in and out of graveyards over walls, fantastic film altogether and I loved what you were wearing Terri.
Congratulations! I've just finished knitting myself a little jumper but the neck line hasn't quite turned out. Good luck with yours. Bringing photos of our departed onto a table or a place where you can see them is a lovely thing to do at this time of year, especially to help with the knitting!!!
Terri, your videos are always so full of love, for the land, for Mother Nature, for everything you do or show. I specially love your little dog friends, they were so happy to see you back!! Thank you, your ancestors must be proud of you😊🌟❤️🕊
Thank you so much Eli G. I hope they are xx
Love the wild grave yard..free natural
It is a comforting place.
Another lovely video.Very Real & Very Human.
That's what I hope for. thank you xx
Thank you Terri. Good Woman.💚And LOL too...
You're welcome Pamela!
Thank you Pamela 💚
Blessings
I just adore your lifestyle 🙂
Thanks for watching Caroline!
This was lovely. It reminds me that I should make a trip to visit my deceased this week; at least my parents and grandparents. I wish that I could visit my great grandparents graves but they are located in the city and the area is considered dangerous. People are told to only go there with a police escort. I guess there are a lot drug addicts and such. And at one time there was a sniper shooting at people who visited there. I've always wanted to come upon a big pile of money so I could have them all moved to a safer location.
That sounds so scarey - a sniper shooting at people visiting a grave yard?? This is the time of year for visits - All Souls and All Saints in the Catholic calendar.
Such a beautiful place for a bike ride. All the neighbors and community honoring the departed with a personal burial is such a wonderful custom. Thank you for sharing your local customs. Blessed Samhain.
It is and I hope it never changes. Blessings!
Beautiful and interesting watch. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Hiya Terri Thankyou for letting me ride along with you to visit the graves. Love the traditional burial story. Beautiful scenery. You looked lovely in your green ensemble. Looking forward to watching more re Samhain. Blessings to you and yours Thankyou Ontario Canada 🐝
Hi Beverley, glad to hear you liked the video. See you next week! xx
Thank you 💚💫
You're welcome Wendy!
We have many "green" burials in the USA. Bodies are placed in white shrouds or just a plain pine box. There is a body farm and one state has a yearly pyre. No chemicals needed for any of these. Even cremation uses chemicals. So glad we have the choice.
How interesting!
Lovely and heart warming video. 🍂🍁🥰
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it.
Whenever I go on holiday I always look for the cemetery. So much history, so many spirits. Thank you for this visit. =-)
They are so fascinating aren't they.
Amazing views i visited conemara many years ago loved it have a good week love to you xxx
They have the best of views!😂
A beautiful video. Thanks Terri. Many of my ancestors are buried at Murrisk Abbey under the shadow of Croagh Patrick. I don't know if it is the same in your graveyards, but normally graves face east. In the case of Murrisk they all face west so that they can 'enjoy the view' of Clew Bay!
Making this I assumed they faced West towards Tir na Nóg but then I realised in the old graveyard they were facing south west and in the new graveyard they are facing north west! I think it depends on the lay of the land and our local undertaker told us that it is different everywhere.
Lovely!
Lovely video I enjoyed it so Beautiful. Thank you!!!!
Thanks Bonnie, you are very welcome. x
Samhain blessings, Terri.
Many Happy Returns Maureen. Enjoy the holiday!
Amazing that the graves are still there...my great grand father and babies were buried on the woody edge of the farm..since then the land was parcelled off n the graves are gone....my other grands graves were purchased by a developer with other acreage and nothing remains just cement and high rises😣 I was a child visiting and still remember where they were. as a teen when this started happening I was unable to fight for the grave yards..you are blessed
That is so sad and disrespectful, sorry for your loss.
Here in the US we use heavy machinery equipment (an excavator) to bury people. It’s very loud and unsettling, especially during mourning.
It must be quite distressing!
Thank You Terri I really enjoyed the History of The Graves....Such Beautiful Scenery. I Also loved seeing you on your Bicycle, As an Avid cyclist myself (Gave up my car over 30 years ago & I do not miss it) Your Outfit & their Green colours are gorgeous btw...Great Camera work too. ☘💚🪦
Good for you re the car. I am hoping that the new bike will get me fit enough to not need a car so much. Thanks Sally x
Thank you for sharing your wonderful traditions and history with us. It was a delight to see the more country or older graveyard versus the more modern one, and I must say that each has its own raw beauty and specialness about them! I am looking forward to the next one Terri! I'm curious if you are carving a pumpkin or a turnup. I heard the Irish legend a while ago about carving turnups as Jack-o-lanterns before it caught on with pumpkins
I carved four turnips this year😂
Very fantastic find gravyards ❤
Glad you enjoyed it. xx
Lovely
Thank you!
Lovely video. I keep this Samhain tradition well, My ancestors are still alive in me, watching and guiding me. My great Ulster, ( Monaghan) clan. Blessings to you and greatful to your ancestors for bringing you and your great videos to us. xx
Thank you so much Maggie Maria!
thank you Terri for this stunning and heart warming video. such beautiful places of reverence for you and your family. I can imagine it to be so moving for you to able to visit and time's history slows. xo
Thanks Ellen, it is. x
Very interesting video Terri. Feels sincere and homely.
Enjoyed watching
Glad to hear that. x
Loved this many thanks x x
Glad you liked it Joyce!
Thank you from Norway, what a beautiful joined way - to send your loved ones on their way to the other side of the veil 🙏♥️
Hi Anne. Yes it is - real hands on.
Such a beautiful video Terri. I’ve always found a graveyard to be a peaceful place. It was lovely to learn about burials in your area. I’m sure it brings closure for the entire community with everyone doing the digging of the grave. I love seeing your dogs. They bring such joy to you and to me. Have a wonderful week sweet friend. Hugs! 💕🐶
Hugs to you too Pam. xx
I think you dressed beautifully today, and my thought is that it's out of deep respect for where you went. I loved hearing about the olde custom of burial. Things are very different today, or at least so in the states. Personally, I believe I was born in the wrong century ! A bit early, but Samhain Blessings to you dear Terri.💜💐💜
And Many Happy Returns to you Marilyn. i have the same feeling re wrong century!😀
So lovely to see that your part of Ireland is so unspoilt by tourism. So peaceful, it used to be like that here in Wales, sadly so many local cottages have been sold off as holiday homes, preventing local young families from affording homes now. Such a lovely place for the departed to rest where you are.
Actually, almost two thirds of the houses here are holiday homes and we have the same problem re young couples and families and don't get me started on the Planning Permission racket!!!!!! But otherwise, at this time of year, it is very peaceful.x
@@DanusIrishHerbGarden I'm really sad to hear that Terri, planning in Pembrokeshire makes my blood boil, in the village of Solva alone here 75% of the houses are holiday homes. Not much better in St Davids either.,
Beautiful ❤️🙏☘️
Thanks Abby!
I talk to my ancestors all the time ⏲
I also make them their favourite drinks and food I make and I put cling film over the food so flies don't get on it and to keep the food fresh the flies come in when I have my windows open its a nuisance but I don't like to kill them as they're innocent and Don realise what they're doing is right or wrong so it's not their fault I also bring my ancestors flowers and other gifts like cookies and cake my all time favourite animals and birds are Crows and Ravens bats Black cats and 🦭 and 🐬
Very interesting. Loved seeing both the cemeteries. Have a blessed day.
❤️🙏🏼👍
You too Diane. x
I really enjoyed everything about this, thanks so much!
Thanks JB glad you liked it.
Such a beautiful cross marker for your grandparents. Have you ever thought of placing a small piece there in front of the cross with their names and what it says on the cross to help preserve the words in case they fade from off the cross due to time and the elements? I love this time of year and I love reflecting back in time thinking about my grandparents and their parents and so forth as well, giving Thanks knowing that they are the reasons we are here right now. Love them all so much! Thanks for sharing your special time with us today! You are looking so beautiful today and I adore your attire for this video! Wind is blowing here too. Thanks again and xoxo always.
Thank you Lou. Six generations now separate my great grandmother and my grandson - quite something to think about. It is always windy up in the new graveyard as it is quite high up. Have a great week. x
Very enjoyable and touching video Terri. I love your sentiments.
Thanks Dili x
What a lovely funeral tradition of the village burying one of their own ,but not for me being shut in the cold and the dark even when dead holds no attractions ! Heat ,fire and ashes scattered to the winds will suit me fine 💛💜
It is a very local tradition, not sure it if is done elsewhere. I thiink of it as being snuggled up close to the Mother rather than shut in the dark.
@@DanusIrishHerbGarden A comforting thought ,but sadly not one for me with my horror of small dark spaces
I love this, your video's are always inspiring and respectful. Goats would love to eat,clean and clear all that tall grass and bramble then you would be able to see everybdy :)
Thank you Mariel. Goats would be a good idea but many people would not like the idea of goats clambering over the more recent graves.