I often write about something I learned from my father or grandfather. This week, however, it’s something my mother taught me: how to force flowers into bloom in the middle of the winter. Forcing is ...

Almond trees across Solano County and the rest of California are shedding their blossoms as the 2026 bloom winds down, but a stretch of February storms has left local growers watching the weather — ...

Almond trees are native to the mountains of Central Asia, and it was only by a spontaneous mutation around 4,000 years ago that the nuts – actually the almond tree’s seeds – were rendered edible in ...