A hide-and-seek puzzle for you
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (368577)
Rockingham, Australia
January 3, 2026 6:28pm CST
I bought a new tomato plant a few weeks back. My first one has a second crop of fruit with about 9 more tomatoes just starting to ripen. This bush is a different variety but now has two tiny tomatoes on it. One is near the bottom of the photo just to the left of the left-hand stake and the other is more or less directly above it. They’re only tiny but hopefully they’ll grow a bit bigger before turning red.
We took down most of the Christmas lights yesterday and will do the rest today. It’s going to be up near 37C (100F) again today. Thank heavens I’m not out fighting fires. I don’t know how they do it in such heat. We really owe these people a lot.
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@LindaOHio (210006)
• United States
4 Jan
And here we are...under a blanket of s**w. Sigh.
Your tomato plant looks healthy!
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17105)
• China
5 Jan
Your tomato plant lives up to your expectations !
Those tomatoes are all green food !
Those tomatoes are all green food !1 person likes this
@changjiangzhibin89 (17105)
• China
12h
@JudyEv Yes,I can tell ! nothing beats the homegrown tomatoes !
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@celticeagle (184032)
• Boise, Idaho
4 Jan
I see them. I saw the higher one first. Do you ever fix green tomatoes? I've never had them but have heard they are good.
Yes, I think firefighters are a breed unto themselves. I sure couldn't do it either.
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@LadyDuck (490164)
• Italy
4 Jan
They are tiny but they look healthy, it takes a while before they grow, but as soon as they start to change colour, the process is fast. After tomorrow is the Epiphany day here and in many European countries. We take down the Christmas decorations after that day.
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@DaddyEvil (164945)
• United States
4 Jan
It looks like a good, healthy plant. I also hope you get more tomatoes from it in time.
I have no idea how people can stand temps like that, even without fighting fires! I stay in the house with the A/C running when the temps get that hot here.
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@DaddyEvil (164945)
• United States
4 Jan
@JudyEv I used to work all the time, too. I remember carrying towels with me when I left so I could dry my face, arms and hands before going in anywhere.
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@GardenGerty (167123)
• United States
4 Jan
I did find your tomatoes. Yes, the awful heat causes fires and then makes it very hard to fight them.
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@JudyEv (368577)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Jan
I found a third one on it today. Yay for my little plant. 
@AliCanary (3540)
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4 Jan
I spotted them! Fun fact about growing 'maters: my dad was color-blind, so he was unable to determine when the tomatoes in his garden had ripened. Fortunately, he had a sharp-eyed kid (me) to help him with that!
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@JudyEv (368577)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Jan
That's interesting about you having to help your Dad determine which tomatoes were ripe. I don't know much about colour-blindness but I think it's hard for those with the condition to distinquish between red and green.
@valherma00 (157)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
4 Jan
i adore tomatoes. o, we'll be having 0 C.degrees and maybe snow
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@JudyEv (368577)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Jan
We are at opposite ends of the earth, aren't we? 
And our climates reflect that.
And our climates reflect that.