Month: November 2021

Wednesday (10-November-2021) — New Jersey

Outdoor Autumn Yard Projects in New Jersey.

My Little Planet time-lapse videos. 1) Building Shelter Logic storage shed #3. This one is a bit larger (12′ x 12′ x 9′) to store Red Rover’s tractor implements. For this shed, the estimate was 2.5 hours for two people to assemble. It took me about 6 hours by myself. 2) Red Rover was then used to move the pallets with the rototiller, snow blade, front loader bucket, Auger, and weighted rear tool basket into the shed. Once I was done, wish I got the version of the shed that is 20′ deep so I could also store my other powered garden tools.

Daily Electric Energy Used (46.3 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (26.5 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Sunny. Deficit of 19.8 kWh.

Tuesday (09-November-2021) — New Jersey

Autumn Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Troll trying to protect his large autumn mushroom from the Leopard Slugs.

Troll Protection the Mushroom Crop. (David J Mathre)
Troll protecting a Mushroom from the Leopard Slugs. Image taken with a Leica SL2s camera and Laowa 24 mm f/14 fisheye lens. (David J Mathre)


Leopard Slugs Dinning on Mushrooms. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (42.9 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (25.8 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Mostly sunny. The Geothermal furnace is now on to heat the house. Indoor temperature set to 64° F. Deficit of 17.6 kWh.

Monday (08-November-2021) — New Jersey

Autumn Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Birds of the day viewed at the birdfeeder and in the backyard: Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, European Starling, House Finch, Dark-eyed Junco.


Birds of the day. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Time-lapse videos: 1) Building floor supports and moving plastic-coated wire rolls into the storage sheds. 2) Building pallet supports for the tractor implements (rototiller and snow blade).

Daily Electric Energy Used (50.3 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (26.5 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Mostly sunny. The Geothermal furnace is now on to heat the house. Indoor temperature set to 64° F. Deficit of 33.8 kWh.

Sunday (07-November-2021) — New Jersey

Autumn Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Birds of the day viewed at the birdfeeder and in the backyard: House Finch.


Birds of the day. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Time-lapse video building a shelf to store 2×4 and 4×4 boards.

Red-Rover time-lapse video. Holding rolls of deer fence, transporting wood boards, changing from 3-point towing-hitch to 3-point weighted tool bucket.

Daily Electric Energy Used (57.8 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (28.8 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Mostly sunny. The Geothermal furnace is now on to heat the house. Indoor temperature set to 64° F. Deficit of 29.0 kWh.

Weekly Electric Energy Used (383 kWh) from Sense. Weekly Solar Electric Energy Produced (187 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Deficit of 196 kWh.

Saturday (06-November-2021) — New Jersey

Autumn Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Time-lapse videos working outdoors and using Red Rover. 1) Building a wood frame in the second storage shed to hold the 4′ by 8′ sheets of plywood. I built it to store the plywood above the rolls of deer fence 2″ by 4″ and 4″ by 4″ pressure treated wood. 2) Installing the winch for the DP Power half-ton trailer. Probably wouldn’t have taken so long if I read the directions first. But how better to learn than by doing??? One problem with the directions was drilling a 1/2 inch hole to install the heavy-duty eye-hook. The section behind the threaded part of the eye-hook was larger than 1/2 inch, so the hole had to be increased in size using a Dremel grinding tool. 3) Moving the plywood to the new wood frame. Yesterday, I was reminded how heavy plywood sheets could be. Red Rover was not able to lift a pallet containing 4 3/4″ sheets and 8 1/2″ sheets. A 3/4″ sheet weighs ~ 70 lbs, and a 1/2″ sheet ~ 43 lbs. Not counting the pallet, that would be 624 lbs. In order to move the plywood, I needed to separate the 3/4″ and 1/2″ sheets. Also, Red Rover needs to be running at 3000 rpm to maintain the hydraulic pressure to raise the forks loaded with the plywood.

Daily Electric Energy Used (58.2 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (28.3 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Mostly sunny. The Geothermal furnace is now on to heat the house. Indoor temperature set to 64° F. Deficit of 29.9 kWh.