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East Tennessee Spring Wildflowers: Toadshade (Red Trillium)

Toadshade: (Trillium sessile)

Emergin Red Trilliums

Toadshade, also known as Toad Trillium and Red Trillium, is an early spring wildflower found in rich woods from western New York to Illinois, and south to Georgia and Mississippi.

Emerging Red Trilliums

It is a member of the Trillium family, all of which have leaves, petals and sepals in whorls of three.

Red Trilliums

Toadshade grows from 4-12 inches tall and blooms from March to May. The flowers are maroon to purplish brown.

Red Trillium

Reportedly, the young leaves of the Trillium species may be eaten in salads or as a cooked green, but it is advisable not to do so because they are threatened or endangered in some states.

Personally, I’ve never tried eating them -I only have the one clump and they’re just too pretty to eat!

Sources

Personal Experience

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers–E: Eastern Region – Revised Edition

Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide

A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series)

More Information

USDA Plants Profile: Trillium sessile

Flora of North America: Trillium sessile

Dave’s Garden PlantFiles: Toadshade

Buy Toadshade

Viola Valley Wildflowers: Red Toad Trillium (Trillium Sessile) -Viola, Tennessee

Lazy S’S Farm Nursery: Trillium Sessile -Barboursville, Virginia

Wildflower Farm: Trillium Sessile -Ontario, Canada -pick up only

Kevock Garden Plants: Trillium Sessile -Scotland, United Kingdom

Have a lovely day,

Denese

Dogwood Winter

Snow covered Dogwood blooms

Dogwood Winter

Occupied: Do Not Disturb

Vacancy

Birdhouse

Eggs?

Birdhouse with nest of eggs

“Who’s there?”

Bird on nest in birdhouse

Hello!

Bird on nest in birdhouse

“Can’t a girl get any privacy around here?!”

Carolina Wren on nest in birdhouse

Carolina Wren Sitting On Three Eggs

Hope you all enjoyed these,

Denese

Last of March: More Spring Wildflowers

Spring has sprung in the mountains of East Tennessee!

Emerging Yellow Trilliums

Yellow Trilliums

Emerging Mayapple

Mayapple

Rue Anemones

Rue Anemone

Emerging Large Flowered Trillium

Large-flowered Trillium

Budding Redbuds in the Mountains

Rebud

Wild Blue Phlox

Ramps (Wild Leeks)

Ramps (Wild Leeks) Yum!

Red Trillium Open

Red Trillium (Toadshade)

For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. Isaiah 61:11

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Have a lovely day,

Denese

Working On Our House Update

We’ve been working around the rain this week.

Monday

Log construction

Windows are taking shape.

Log construction

Monday afternoon.

Log construction

Tuesday: Needed on the job a couple of hours in the morning.

Out of lag bolts, a trip to Maryville for me.

Afternoon…rain.

Wednesday

Sometimes you need a bigger hammer.

Big Hammer

Daddy’s helper, "That’s heavy!"

Log Construction

Almost ready to start on the roof, one log to go.

Log Construction

Wednesday Afternoon: Rain again.

Thursday: Rain, back to the job.

Friday: Last log up, rain.

Today: Rain, may as well go to the job and make some money.

That’s where we’re at, Monday we start on the ceiling joists…if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise!

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Working on Our House This Week

Blessings,

Denese

Working on Our House This Week

Just wanted to let you all know that I won’t be online as much and my updates may be a little irregular this week because we are going to be working on our house!

My husband, Lacy, is a carpenter by trade and learned his craft from his daddy and other old-time carpenters.
He builds beautiful homes and log structures.
This is the one he’s working on now:

Custom log house construction

Our place is not so big and fancy.

Our cabin

We were already making payments on our property and didn’t want (and couldn’t afford) a bigger payment over a longer period of time, so we built a little one room cabin to start out and have added to it as time, money and weather permits.
They don’t permit very much, but this week they are!

Our Cabin from the back

We’re going from 625 square feet with 2 1/2 rooms (total!) to 1008 square feet with 7 rooms. We hope to get two rooms completely finished by next weekend, a small den on the back and big living room on the bottom, but we’ve also got trees to cut, so if we get that far we’ll be doing well.

logs-going-up-for-back-room