Friend to Fern is a pet cremation alternative serving Portland, Oregon, Vancouver, Washington and all nearby cities.
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Terramation Process
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Unique Vessel Assignment
Each pet is placed in its own cedar vessel marked with a unique metal tag number, ensuring the compost you receive is exclusively from your pet. This system provides clear identification and tracking throughout the process.
Optimal Compost Bed
A carefully balanced bed is created using wood chips, sawdust, and horse manure. These materials provide the ideal ratio of nitrogen and carbon, crucial for the decomposition process. This mixture helps create a perfect environment for natural microbial activity to break down the remains.
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Microbial Optimization
Over a period of 3 months, oxygen is introduced regularly to the vessel. This aeration optimizes the conditions for beneficial microbes to thrive, promoting efficient and complete decomposition. This step is essential for transforming the remains into nutrient-rich soil.
Transformation to Rich Soil
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Soil Delivery
Once the soil is ready, (and if you would like it returned), it is packaged into a reusable burlap bag to be delivered to you or picked up. Your soil is now ready to be used in gardens or memorial plantings, or given to the forest.
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Cost
$500 - $750
$500 for cats. $750 for dogs. Cost includes retrieval of your pet’s remains from a home or a veterinary clinic, if needed. We encourage you to arrange to drop off your pet to us on the Croft Farm on Sauvie Island, a beautiful and peaceful place to say farewell. This is especially true if your pet’s death has been sudden. Please take as much time as you need to say goodbye.
We terramate pets up to 75 lbs weight, which includes cats, small to medium sized dogs, and other mammals and reptiles. Animals weighing over 75 lbs can be terramated at our discretion. Please call or email to enquire. Cost includes delivery of the finished compost in a reusable burlap sack.
Location
Just 10 miles north of Portland, Oregon, Sauvie Island is a wildlife refuge and farming community. We share the farm with organic farmers, blueberry fields, llamas, chickens, and a dog named Tui.