I've not had chance to do anything else but my lovely neighbour is donating some pots to me next weekend, so I can start sowing things. I've also employed a gardener to look after our hedge and (very mossy!) lawn, plus he'll do other stuff on a tactical basis - I have 4 hrs of his time coming up, just need to work out what unrulies I want him to tackle!
My exciting news is that I think my lovely scented Daphne has a baby which I'm going to relocate nearer to a door so I have easier access to its perfume next winter.
Eta.i missed your post, Wendy. I esp love your rocket!
What veggies have you planned?
The yields will be interesting!
And Rosa, that is so exciting. 
But I am nervous about overlooking something in my plan and messing it up. I'm going to take it slowly and step by step: I've marked out my main big border with a hosepipe (and keep going out and slightly adjusting it) and I have ordered a sharp bladed spade for digging the turf off that part, so that's the next job. The back of that border is in shade, but there is a section of garden behind the garage that the developers planted up, assuming it would be in shade, and it isn't - I will move some of those plants over to the back of this new border. And that tucked away square where the shade plants were will become my vegetable garden, with four square raised beds (or two, I haven't measured), although I won't plant anything ambitious this year. 
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. I needed the help though, my wrists are now buggered. Any advice for soil improving very well received. I have some compost ready in my compost bin but nowhere near enough, and there were not nearly enough worms in the earth. Manure? Earth is generally ok ( ex cow field, now topped with builders crap and topsoil - plants/weeds broadly thriving and underneath layer I think is good stuff, but the top section isn't great).