HOLLAND (WKZO) --  After being delayed twice, volunteers have managed to start planting thousands of tulip bulbs for the 2013 Tulip Time festival in Holland.

Roughly 30 people spent yesterday digging at "Window on the Waterfront."  This year's Tulip Time was hampered by the weather with the flowers blooming much earlier than normal due to a warm March.

The 2013 event will run from May 4th through May 11th.