Vicki: Plants need water--of course, not nearly as much in cold weather--and indoors, in your garage. I'd monitor it every few weeks to a month, and give it water--sparingly--when the soil feels dry. Don't soak. If mice or voles have access to your garage, they'll eat the fig bark and wood. I don't want to sound like a stuck record about this, but I lost a number of figs (in my basement) last Winter when voles got in, and I'm sounding the alarm about them. Put your figs where mice can't get them. I don't know the temperature in your garage, but 30F to 40F would be ideal.

Hey Anita: I can be serious too, yes I do have a nestcam, I didn't have the nestcam set up for the first batch of the year, But have got it set up for the second batch, the mother has three eggs now, I also set up a cheap TV from Salvation Army out side my shed for the rest of those in the Trailer Park to also be able to see what's going on. As far as your baby with it's head back, well it probably just fell asleep like that, being it is probably just a day or two old with out much muscle tone to control much of any thing. I had a baby that was about a couple of days old, young enough that you could open the side of the bluebird box and they would still have their mouth open to any sound. Anyway got one picture where this one bluebird neck looked really bad, looked like a really big gash, I was really worried about the little bird, but they all grew up Ok and flew away Ok as far as I know, maybe some of them might end up with attention deficit disorder which some of us have, but I think they will be Ok. As far as your baby bird goes, maybe his neck feels a little sore and the way he has it laid out is the best way for him to feel good physically, but with out much muscle tone in his neck, He probably said good enough for now, ZZZZZZZZZZZZ. I'm sure it's a one time deal and after a day or two they will all be laying still in the box looking normal, trying to play dead. Looking forward to seeing my eggs hatch and seeing them feed with the mini camera. Right now it is on a old VCR but eventually before the eggs hatch will hope to get the DVD recorder hooked up to it to record nature at it's best. Sincerely, Keith

The main difference (originally) between "television" and "monitor" is a television has a built-in tuner to select broadcast and/or cable channels from a coaxial cable, and a monitor does not. A monitor simply accepts a video signal (composite, S-video, component) and displays it. Channel selection must be done via an external device such as a satellite tuner or a VCR. My 4-year-old Panasonic plasma panel would be considered a monitor. It does not have a coaxial input or a tuner. I selected channels (when I had cable) by using my VCR as a tuner. However, nowadays most all consumer-level display devices / televisions / monitors DO have a built-in tuner, so "television" vs. "monitor" may simply be a marketing term. Just make sure whatever units you are considering have a built-in tuner and can take whatever kind of wire or cable connection you have, and make your choice on which one fits your budget, has the features you want, best picture quality, etc.

You submit a request through their FAQs. They did respond when I was having trouble with my account, but I sent one a week ago because I stopped getting emails for likes and comments on my threads. They never responded. I don't think Houzz is as interested in devoting resources to the GW forum when there's so much else on this website than little old us.