The bark arrives - another 10 cubic yards (9 cubic metres or so). Not all for me, I should add. My neighbours Denny Deal and Jim White also took some!
For one reason or another, the west side of my home was never barked. It always seemed to slip through the cracks somewhere. But finally it made it on the plan of action. This is the scene before, but AFTER the grass and weeds had been demolished/removed. The green things in the ground are the enclosures for the control valves for the irrigation/sprinkler system.
The finished product, which looks much nicer. I have since planted a pair of Russian Laurel trees, adjacent to the windows, to provide a little privacy between my neighbours and me.