Bramble, bindweed and crouch grass roots

At the moment, they might be better off being left to dry out in the sun and then once crispy, put them into a compost bin.

I have containers around the plot, and all the roots do into those [they fill with water over the winter] and when they are dead, I dig a hole, put the lot into the soil, fill back up and plant straight into the filled in area. This smelly rotting mush helps to water the roots of the plants that I've just planted!

Also, when we first started, we had loads of the roots that you have. We made a compost bin and chucked the lot in there. After 2 years, most of it didn't survive, so it can now go onto the beds as a mulch.

If you are infested with the roots that you describe, you might want to decide on a bed system, so that you walk on the paths, and concentrate on weeding the beds. These can be covered with cardboard whilst you are tackling smaller areas of beds.

Also, you don't have to have one compost bin - one roll of chicken wire and some canes can give you smaller bins all over your plot. If you make one in each area that you are working, you can sling all the weeds in there and when it has all rotted down, just remove the chicken wire and you can simply rake the compost straight onto the soil. Saves lugging it around the plot.