1) Proper method of destroying growth. I saw a posting on here a few
weeks
ago regarding plants that may exist in these cemeteries that don't
grow
anywhere else. My idea would be to go in and kill everything so that
you
can
see what you're doing and probe for buried stones.
Actually, most of these plants were actually planted on graves, and may therefore
mark a grave. In this area they are often peonies, daffodils or roses. A
century ago it was usual to plant a flower on a loved one's grave: the rose
planted on my great-great-great grandparents' grave in Michigan is still blooming
and I hope it always will. Our family still goes back to it for starts, but no
one outside would know that.
So you can see a little better where a gravesite is, most of the roses will bloom
during June, the peonies in May and the daffodils in April. Yuccas were common
in the latter half of the last century. Cemetaries then had something in bloom
throughout the summer.
Many, many varieties of roses and peonies have been rediscovered in old
cemetaries. Please email me if you find any!
Thanks,
Tracey