Making mulch

Jared says...
For most of the weeds that should work. :)

As for farmers friends, they need to be soaked in water in a closed (to avoid mosquito breeding) container in the sun for several months to rot all the seeds, it makes a nice slimey liquid which is a great fertiliser for teh garden or to add to the compost pile/bin to assist with breakdown, add nutrients etc. (nice to know they are useful for something other than causing the trying-to-be-organic-as-possible-gardener endless stress)

We have also trialled clippings in different piles (you need to keep each mowing days pile seperate or do a month at a time, so it breaks down at a similar rate) onto the cement slab we have, and left in the rain and sun for months, turning occasionally until it is nice and broken down. This worked really really well.

This is possibly slower than the bag method, but less plastic lieing around for the dog to try chewing/eating (our dog eats metal sockets as well as trees, so plastic would be just as likely for her to snack on) or for little kids to suffocate with.