Curb Appeal 1 - The Old Driveway

I was watering this morning and I realized that my projects should be more focused and driven. I need to gain efficiency in converting labor and materials into value appreciation. I take the idea from HGTV of calculated improvements to add specific value most directly. In other words I need to get more done, sooner. I need to realize there is a fire under my be-hind.
I imagine that T.V. photographers are panning every square inch of our property with unflinching honesty. Then I see I have so much to do that I got to get in gear and get some clear-cut plans drawn up with clear-cut projects to knock down. So, for the curb appeal improve: Fix- up the front east side. That's the first thing you see coming from Maple.

I want to see a clear, edged side-walk all the way to the tree on the right where the outfit at the corner leaves off. I want all the concrete in that lane pulled up and pounded into rubble. I want the soil turned adjacent to the  ditch left behind where the concrete is taken. Turn soil adjacent to wall foundation and draw it back. Fill in along foundation with concrete rubble keeping just below top of concrete. Rake out the best grade possible. Seed with fescue seed which is on-hand.
The lower drive gets the clean-up treatment. It is left smoothed over with grass growing to cover. The result should be a drainage improvement for rain running off the side of the house and porch. Lawn turf covers the side yard from the side walk to the gate. There will still be a driveway contour there, but parking will be prohibited until the grass is solidly established and that, only very temporary parking. Not so that the grass is affected.
The walk going east needs edging across the lot next to us. The perimeter from the curb back about 12' to 14' needs grooming and cleaning. The two ornamental annuals affected next to the house are moved to the south west corner of the back yard and established in a bed built from the 2x6 lumber which is molding away in the basement. That bed is to be half buried in the relative grade there equitable with the bed in the south east corner so that looking from the house the layout is smoothly unified. That will clear a little mess from the basement. The earth in the bed receives additions and cultivation prior to relocating the ornamental plants.
For this improvement project I have everything on hand in readiness to be spent and done. I won't spend any money on this and I should get a very nice curb appeal boost. Not to mention feeling better about the condition of our property. So this project is well worth spending the labor and materials on. How much time? 1/2 day to start and 1/2 day to finish.