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Friday (18-October-2019) — New Jersey

Indoor Hydroponic AeroGarden Farm XL. Setup and Planting.

The three new Farms were assembled yesterday. Today I set them up with deionized water (~10 L/tray) and plant food (16 mL/tray). I then planted Bok Choi, Edible Flowers, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Swiss Chard, Kale, Hot Peppers, eight varieties of Basil, and Arugula. Each of the trays was programed for the type of plants, and the LED lights lowered to just above the tray for the germination process. All recorded with a Garmin VIRB-360 camera for a time-lapse video.

Daily Electric Energy Used (58.5 kWh) from Sense and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (33.8 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. A bit more sun than yesterday, but getting colder. Overall a net deficit of 24.7 kWh. Closing the windows, and switching the Geothermal HVAC on to heat the house.

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Friday (18-October-2019) — New Jersey

Indoor Hydroponic AeroGarden “Classic 6” Flower Gardens. Week Two.

At two weeks it was time to add additional plant food, and top off the water for the two “Classic 6” gardens. In the first one, everything but the Dianthus has sprouted. In the second one, everything but one of the Purple Snapdragons has sprouted.

AeroGarden "Clasic 6" Great Room 01 at Day 14. Position 01-02: Celosia (Rainbow Fire); Position 03: Phlox Mix; Position 04: Orange Gazania; Position 05: Yellow Coreopsis; Position 06: Dianthus. Image taken with a Leica TL-2 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 320, 35 mm, f/8, 1/100 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE) — AeroGarden “Classic 6” Great Room 01 at Day 14. Position 01-02: Celosia (Rainbow Fire); Position 03: Phlox Mix; Position 04: Orange Gazania; Position 05: Yellow Coreopsis; Position 06: Dianthus. Image taken with a Leica TL-2 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 320, 35 mm, f/8, 1/100 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

AeroGarden "Clasic 6" Great Room 01 at Day 14. Position 01-02: Celosia (Rainbow Fire); Position 03: Purple Snapdragon; Position 04: Lavender; Position 05: Dianthus; Position 06: Purple Snapdragon. Image taken with a Leica TL-2 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 320, 35 mm, f/8, 1/100 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE) — AeroGarden “Clasic 6” Great Room 01 at Day 14. Position 01-02: Celosia (Rainbow Fire); Position 03: Purple Snapdragon; Position 04: Lavender; Position 05: Dianthus; Position 06: Purple Snapdragon. Image taken with a Leica TL-2 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 320, 35 mm, f/8, 1/100 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

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Thursday (17-October-2019) — New Jersey

Indoor Hydroponic AeroGarden Farm XL. Some Assembly Required

Three additional Farms arrived via FedEx and were then assembled in a 5 minute Time-lapse Video. Crops will be planted tomorrow.

Daily Electric Energy Used (56.2 kWh) from Sense and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (29.9 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. More sun and cooler out than yesterday with lots of wind. Overall a net deficit of 26.3 kWh.

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Four-Years Ago (13-October-2015) — New Jersey

Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey.

Autumn 360 degree panorama view of my backyard four-years ago. Renovation was in process. The new French doors to the Great Room were installed, the siding was being replaced, and the deck had been removed. The big rocks were going to be the foundation for the new patio. Four hundred and fifty images were taken using an Astro programmable rotating head on my tripod. Ten of the images were used to create the composite panorama (20755 x 4634 pixels). The image was cropped just to show the exterior home renovation in progress. The full set of 450 images were taken and used to create a rotating time-lapse video.

Autumn 360 Degree Backyard Panorama. Composite of 10 images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 14 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 1250, 14 mm, f/11, 1/125 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)

Crop from Autumn 360 Degree Backyard Panorama. Composite of 10 images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 14 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 1250, 14 mm, f/11, 1/125 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)

Five-Years Ago (13-October-2019) — New Jersey

Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey.

Cloudy autumn 180 degree panorama view of my backyard five-years ago. This was before the siding was replaced and the deck removed and replaced with a patio. Thirty-six images were taken using an Astro programmable rotating head on my tripod. Thirteen of the images were used to create the composite panorama (14006 x 4044 pixels). In a separate set 120 were taken and used to create a rotating time-lapse video.

Backyard Panorama. Composite of 13 images taken with a Nikon D700 camera and 28 mm f/1.8 lens (ISO 200, 28 mm, f/8, 1/100 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)