What do you use for mulch

My husband cuts the lawns. The front and back. The clippings go into the mower bag. When the bag is full hew uses that fore mulch material. Then the bag goes back on and he continues the process. Seems to work pretty well. I am sure it isn't what most would do. But hubby is happy with it.

Another good one I do in the fall are leaves..I place leaves around my plants in the fall and by the time it is ready for planting, I have decomposed leaves in my garden. Not only cuts down on weeds, but very good for the soil..

I use lawn clippings, too. I have used newspaper in the past, but it has to be weighed down with dirt or something. It's good for the soil as it decomposes, but takes a long time to do that.

I own a landscaping company so I use a lot of mulch from flower beds. It is great. My clients pay me to remove and replace the old mulch. Then I spread it areas between plants and rows. I don't use it where it isn't aesthetically pleasing. If I don't use it some where then it goes into the compost pile.

I keep the weeds down by putting on other weeds that I have chopped or pulled on the path between the plants. Also when we have vegetable waste we put them as mulch as that will be broken down (by the earthworms) into good garden soil. Even now we are putting our vegetable scraps on the garden to help improve the soil. When the garden is ready to turn over I will be putting on a thick layer of peat moss that will enrich the soil and hopefull will delay the weeds from sprouting, it will also make the weeds (that do come up) easier to pull and to use them as mulch.