I've been keeping this little herb garden on my porch this summer, some basil, oregano and parsley.
We just had a very dry hot spell and I never watered it. Yesterday it was all dead. It was shriveled and crunchy, I was thinking I probably should just throw it out and wait for next year.
But I thought what the hell, I'll water it and see what happens. I just walked out on the porch and the darn thing looks like there was never anything wrong with it! The parsley is still a little limp, but the other two look good as new!
I swear yesterday if I touched it they would crumble right there in my hand! I mean, I know plants go limp from lack of water and will rebound, but I thought this stuff was TOAST!
That is just amazing to me! Ok, maybe I'm a simplton, BUT IT STILL AMAZES ME!