Five-leafed oca While performing my morning walk through the oca (Oxalis tuberosa) and potato rows, vigilant for signs of pests and disease while blinking the sleep from my eyes, I spotted an unusual oca leaf that tuned my senses. Is a five-leafed oca as lucky as a four-leafed clover? While I haven’t studied the matter […]
I’ve had a few customers ask about the nutrition data for oca, which set me on a search. I was surprised that it is not all that easy to come by, as it seems like a fairly popular crop in New Zealand, but I didn’t turn up much. The main source that I found was […]
Mexican Red looking pretty sad after light frost We planted out the oca (Oxalis tuberosa) a couple weeks ago and since then have experienced a couple of very light frosts. When I say light frost, I mean the sort that just barely appears only on the lowest areas of the garden – in frost pockets. […]