Austin Lindquist

Collection of pictures from Summer: Swimming at a lake, trivia night and beer, incoming storm at the farm, and blackberries as they ripen

As the Redbuds and Cherries fade from bloom, the dogwoods and pawpaws are now bursting out for their own season

Fayetteville in Spring

Class trip out to Petit Jean State Park was a great experience. Gotta love the beauty of Arkansas!

Generally it is more preferred as a processing apple as it does not have the best texture or flavor freshly picked. If desired raw, many recommend letting it sit out for a couple months. Personally, I love making syrups out of them

Got an Arkansas Black apple tree this weekend. It is a local variety which once amounted up to 15% of state production. Now it rare and mainly found at local farmers markets. I decided to do my part in preserving this regionally significant variety

Several blooms from the past week plus a pitcher plant trap

Witch-hazel

Orchid

Cactus

A few blooms I saw over the past week. Apparently the week’s theme was red. Also I really need to propagate some of that witch-hazel

"The revolution about to be televised you picked the right time but the wrong guy"

KENDRICK 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

#superbowl

WAIT THAT WAS ONE OF KENDRICK'S PEOPLE???????? AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA GIVE'EM HELL

MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED

Hogs top Texas for 2nd SEC road win in a row - Fayetteville Flyer The improved defense has been the key to the two victories, and the best thing about solid defense is that it usually travels.

The Razorbacks have now gone 2-0 on the road against the two basketball programs Hog fans arguably like the least.

So tired of this idea that billionaires are our "betters" whose opinion is super important because they have a lot of money. It's bullshit. They're mostly greedy sociopaths who have no problem destroying people who get in their way. That doesn't make your opinion one to be valued, in my opinion.

I recently attended a scientific conference and gave one final presentation on my Masters Thesis. While there, I explored the local Botanical Garden which some of you may even recognize

Becoming a published scientist will certainly be one of this year’s highlights for me. It is an open access horticulture paper from research I did at during my Master’s at Auburn University

Amaryllis in bloom with snow in the background

On closer inspection you may notice some red. Those are the fruits left on the tree providing a nice contrast to the snow

Got my first real snow since moving back to Arkansas. Took a nice stroll around the farm I work next door. I sure enjoy getting four distinct seasons again

For more background, the seeds were initially put several per container and transferred to individual test tubes after the radicle emerged. One was cut into three parts and immersed in high auxin concentrations in a separate attempt at propagation

In continuation of my (hobby) attempt at propagating Cacao, I attempted tissue culture on the second pod. While I am now away until next year, several of the seeds appeared promising when I left. I believe the biggest issue is getting fresh enough fruit

Some pictures from a recent walk I went on. I’ve taken many at this lake, but these might be some of my favorites.

Took a class trip today and saw a greenhouse full of Poinsettias. Almost gets me in the holiday spirit…but not until after Thanksgiving!

We are using the seeds primarily for propagation so we ended up eating the pulp. I genuinely had thought the pulp was the source. Thank you for the clarification

Chocolate, or cacao, comes from seeds within a giant pod. In order to propagate, you must remove the white pulp and sow seeds soon after breaking the pod open. The pulp itself is edible and where white chocolate comes from.