Plantings at the Maasdam Barns Saturday

 It was a beautiful day and a good troupe of Master Gardeners were available to clean beds, dig holes, and bury bulbs and plant plants! 

One of the first orders of business was "the pulling of the marigolds!"   With so many helping hands, it didn't take long at all!

 Have you noticed Julie in the photo above and below?  

She's pulling out bags (100 in each) of tulip bulbs.  

Yes, she's found a total of seven (7) bags!

 Enter ladies with tools!  Hand trowels and electric drills with bulb augers are as slick as can be!

Bulbs to the right of me, bulbs to the left of me . . .

and bulbs in front of me!

 Bulbs in sidewalk beds, bulbs in flower beds and bulbs around the huge horse "poster!"

Back at the Maasdam house ... on the north side ...

there's some heavy-duty planting going on!

 You might notice a climbing rose surrounded by Siberian Iris, Lambs Ear, and some Bearded Iris,

amongst other things.

But this is the lady that wins the prize for bringing her tiller!!

 

Nice job, everyone!

Maasdam Barns are Beginning to Look Great!

Recent photos taken by Master Gardeners At Work include the following:

Happy Day!

Maasdam House Progress

A few photos:

A new "hosta bed"

Another new bed

Blue Star or Amsonia (thanks Colleen Bell!)

Look at the hostas next to the house!

Hollyhocks!

Looking good!

Maasdam House This Spring

There has been some wonderful Master Gardener work done out here at the Maasdam House lately!  Just look at those tulips!  (Yes, everything is very early this year.)

Waiting to be planted 

(I have it on good authority that these bushes are now "in the ground!"

Plantings, weeding and mulching is being accomplished by the Jefferson County Master Gardeners.

Maasdam Garden Update - Fall 2011

Work has begun.  This previous post (click these words)showed the "untouched" layout of the area.  The photos below show the work that has begun.

 Along the outside edge of the sidewalk is an area that is being planted with tulips

in honor of the Maasdam family's Dutch heritage.

 Hostas have been planted on the inside edge of the sidewalk.

 The area in and around the trees will be planted this Spring (2012).