The trick now is to transplant these babies with minimum loss of their lives and your money. Turn over the garden days if not weeks before you intend to set plants in the ground. The rugged winters compact our soil, and it must be loosened so that roots are not fighting for every inch of territory. Like most humans, they will take the path of least resistance, contorting themselves to fit loose spaces instead of fighting through lumps of soil.
Compacted soil is also slower to absorb and hold water.
Alternately, if there are areas of your garden that seem to be persistently waterlogged, turning will assist drying out those low spots. A third reason for spading up your plot is to expose the chilled under-soil to the warming rays of the sun. In fact, if you have the time or the energy, turn your garden every few days for about a week. Cover your garden with plastic long before you intend to transplant, so that the heat of the sun will be intensified and the soil will be even warmer. I have giant sheets of it that I drape over my raised beds every spring.