Unfortunately, not much to report yet. It’s a slow waiting game for me, due to budget and other constraints. A year and a half ago I obtained some Krymsk 86 rootstocks from a local acquaintance, but because the property wasn’t ready for them, I had to pot them up. Those will go in the ground this spring.
Though it’s a relatively new rootstock, it sounds like it will do well in my set of conditions and should have almond compatibility (how much so, exactly, remains to be seen; sounds like more research needs to be done).
Also, I have heard it mentioned that Prunus tenella is graft-compatible with almond, though further information about this is extremely scarce. I plan to experiment with this as a side project; I might take a similar approach to growing pear on cotoneaster: