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It's tough, because if the soils too wet it weighs a tonne and is hard to work, but if it gets too dry it goes like rock. You've got to try your best to pick a time to work it when it's as right as it can be.
My 2p would be to work at it in sections. However, I would definitely just kill the bindweed with chemicals. Alternatively you can set up a daily routine of cutting everyone you find off at the base and allegedly it will run out of energy and die. The problem with that is everything on the boarder will pop up some shoots into next doors to keep going and it'll still come back somehow next year. So I think accepting one year with chemicals to take back control, then maintaining it in a more sustainable manner is better.
In terms of overall suggestions of where to start, the best move is probably not what you want...
... but it's to do very little for the first year.
Until you know what's there, where the sun moves, where the shadows are cast from surrounding trees/fences/buildings, where you'd like to sit, where the wind blows your bbq smoke, etc. it'll be hard to know what to do.
So just get the ground prepped. Plant some veg in bags and planters. Then observe.
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It’s wet and very compacted. I planted some lavender, rosemary etc in a narrow bed and my wrist still aches from how much of an effort it was.