Martha Stewart just dropped one of her most Martha-ish bombshells ever — she wants to become fertilizer.
In a candid chat on Shawn Killinger’s “50+ & Unfiltered” podcast, the 84-year-old lifestyle mogul revealed her unconventional end-of-life plan: “Oh, I’m going to be composted.”
Stewart explained that she already has the perfect resting place in mind — her 150-acre Katonah, New York farm — where her beloved horses and pets are laid to rest. “When one of my horses dies, we dig a giant hole really deep in one of my fields,” she said. “The horse is wrapped in a clean, white linen sheet and very carefully dropped down into this giant lovely grave. I want to go there.”
When Killinger asked whether that was actually legal, Stewart brushed it off with her signature confidence. “It’s not going to hurt anybody, it’s my property,” she replied.
Forget the coffin and headstone — Martha wants something greener. The process she’s referring to, known as terramation, turns human remains into nutrient-rich soil through natural decomposition. “These coffin things and all that stuff, no way,” she added.
The Emmy winner also used the podcast to set the record straight on a few personal rumors. No, she hasn’t had plastic surgery (“It doesn’t appeal to me”), and no, she’ll never pose nude (“I don’t look good enough”).
But composting herself into the earth after a lifetime of making it beautiful? That’s peak Martha Stewart energy — perfectly curated, a little shocking, and completely on brand.
Source: Fox News Entertainment (Dec. 6 2025)
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Read the novel or watch the movie of “The Loved One” by Evelyn Waugh. Becoming compost is a wonderful way to honor the life you have been given. I would choose it as well after my remains have been harvested for viable organs or useful research or training. We will all receive new bodies on the Day of the Lord, so we have no need of the old tegument that we have discarded. We certainly do not need chemically preserved, yet still rotting carcasses, encased in concrete vaults and expensively ornate boxes. We will no longer be in those bodies. They are only clay. Return them to the continuing cycle and permit the atoms of which they are composed to feed and build other life. “From dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return.”