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Tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day so I thought we should talk a little about  Green Energy.  That’s the big topic these days – green energy. Well, you know, the original green energy actually began in the produce department - with fresh herbs. One of the very first things that the early colonists did when they arrived here to the New World...they first planted fresh herbs.

Quick, catch your Napa Cabbage. It may be “bolting” on you. During these early Spring days, if the cabbage has been exposed to long days of cold temperatures, and then as the days start hitting 80 - 90 degrees in the Southern California growing regions, you can easily get Napa Cabbage that begins to "bolt," a term used for when a plants wants to reproduce itself by flowering and going to seed. Cabbage plants "bolt" (form premature seedstalks) when they are exposed to low temperatures (35 to 45 degrees F) for extended periods.

We're seeing some near record high prices for Red, White and Yellow Onions.  So, since you are paying a lot of money for Onions, you better know how to select them.  The first thing you have to ask is, "Are your Onions new crop Onions, or are they old crop Onions?"  You actually need to know the difference between the two, because it’ll tell you what to check for.  This time of year, we are starting to get new crop Onions from Mexico, the Texas Rio Grande Valley, the Vidalia Onion from Georgia.  In a few weeks, we'll see the first Imperial Valle

Here is an old wive's tale:  Leaving the Avocado pit in your Guacamole will keep the Guacamole green.  It is a myth, and to prove it, I made some Guacamole last night.  Instead of the pit, I substituted a clear light bulb, right in the Guacamole.  Today, on my noon show on CBS13, I brought out my bowl of Guacamole.  It was ugly brown.  But then we had the close up camera look right inside the clear lightbulb.  Low and behold, all around the lightbulb, the Guacamole was beautiful Avocado Green...just as it should be.  You see, it's not the magic of the

This time of year, we start seeing much better Cantaloupe.  They actually smell like a Cantaloupe should smell.  I’m getting out the orange sherbet.  Hey, Pope Benedict XVI turns 83 years old this week, and so I thought I’d talk about a fruit that was actually first grown for the early Popesof the Catholic Church.  You know most melons originated in Persia, what we call Iran today.  In the early part of the 12th century, some of the early Popes would take a little summer vacation in a little monastery in a tiny town in the hills surrounding Rome.&nb