Back from the brink. Never give up.

My dear friend Kelly gave me an aloe plant a year or so ago. It was in a tiny tiny pot and had started to lop over the edges and I figured was root bound.

I finally repotted it into a large clay pot. It was then that I discovered the root was may be a half inch long.

I watered the heck out of the plant after it was re-potted. It proceeded to shrivel up.

All the leaves shriveled and turned a dark moldy color.

I figured it was dead but being as lazy as I am, I just left in sitting there. No watering. Nothing.

Lo and behold the leaves started to regain their color and plump up again.

Eventually all the leaves except one reinvigorated and now there are even two new branches.

Back from the brink. It is possible. Never give up.

By the way, I still haven't watered it.