Q: We have two almond trees and since they produce nuts we assume that one is male and the other one female, although we do not know which is which. However, one tree bears almost no nuts. I just ...

THE DESERT WILDFLOWERS, are, without quibble, some of the winter calendar's best-known botanical stars. You don't have to ...

Stanislaus County’s finest floral display, the almond bloom, has brightened the winter landscape once again. The flowers last from mid-February to mid-March on about 210,000 acres of orchards. Each ...

The nectar of the almond tree produces an extraordinary and dangerous poison. This is the only known plant to have this poison in its flowers' nectar. A study carried out at the University of Haifa ...

This recipe for Stone Fruit Almond Upside-Down Cake works equally well using any kind of stone fruit or a mix of every kind of stone fruit, including plums, apricots, nectarines, peaches and plumcots.

When Jacob tried to induce the animals in his care to give birth to offspring that fit a certain look, Jacob placed tree branches that mimicked their appearance in his animals’ feeding trough. Among ...

This recipe for Stone Fruit Almond Upside-Down Cake works equally well using any kind of stone fruit or a mix of every kind of stone fruit, including plums, apricots, nectarines, peaches and plumcots.