Ginda:
I have used the newspaper plus mulch method, and it works great.
HOWEVER,
I would not do it in the fall as it creates prime lodging conditions for various rodents. I had that problem using clumps of strawbales (that held together after getting wet) and had the problem of the rodent tunnels around some blackberries. I think it would be even worse with newspaper. I would suggest the spring, just as the grass is starting to sprout. It is easy to place that time of year, the mulch you put on will stay wet, and there is less time for the rodents to get established before summer comes.
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