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by gadders 1305 days ago
>>In terms of practicality, before the coffin enters the ground the amount of earth leaving and returning to the hole must be considered – if none was removed from the pile of earth, there will be a large mound left once the grave is filled in. If too much is taken, you’ve got a trough-shaped problem on your hands.

I made this mistake burying the cat in the back garden. There is now a dent in the lawn where I buried him.

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> I made this mistake burying the cat in the back garden. There is now a dent in the lawn where I buried him.

General speaking, you can add top soil loosely over the grass until the ground is level, and the grass will grow through it. This is assuming a depression of only a few inches of course - will be harder to accomplish if it’s more than that. That said - I once tried to smother some lillies by added several feet of dirt on top of them - they grew through anyway.