Keb, did you always have enough room there or are you having to create paths as you work? (A question that comes to mind when you mention cartons cluttering the floor).
The finished compost piles (2 and 3 years old) in the back have had the tiller treatment and two large wheelbarrows-full so far have been shoveled into the beds in front. Once I get the compost moved I'll till those front beds and work in the compost. I have a sieve to shovel the compost into and then sift it into the wheelbarrow to remove roots, big chunks, plastic, anything not needed in the garden.
There is tons of weeding to do in the front, and I can put compost in those beds also before I mulch them.
This morning I attacked the forest floor in the den. I swept, and the next stage is the battery-powered brush to start scrubbing the dried muddy path across the room now that the rainy season has passed. I also need to work my way through the house with the duster. #SpringCleaning