Calendula - David Mathre Photography

Thursday (24-March-2022) — New Jersey

Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

Birds of the day viewed in the backyard: Downy Woodpecker, House Finch, Dark-eyed Junco.

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

The indoor hydroponic garden California Poppies continue to bloom and a Calendula flower opened. I’ve included time-lapse video of the Calendula flower and several Icelandic Poppy flower buds that are about the open. I am amazed by how much the plants move during the day. Also, keep a lookout for the Stink Bug.

California Poppy Flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Pot Marigold. (David J Mathre) — Calendula (Pot Marigold) flower about to open. Indoor hydroponic garden. Image taken with a Leica CL camera and Sigma 70 mm f/2.8 macro lens. (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (83.2 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (9.0 kWh) from Sense. Cloudy and rain. Deficit of 74.2 kWh.

Wednesday (23-March-2022) — New Jersey

Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

Birds of the day viewed in the backyard: Downy Woodpecker, European Starling, Dark-eyed Junco.

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

The indoor hydroponic garden California Poppies continue to bloom. Calendula flower starting to open. One of the Basil plants is starting to bolt with a white flower. One of the Heirloom Red Tomato plants is starting to produce small yellow flowers that need to be pollinated by hand since there are no bees inside the house. Several poppy buds (Mixed Red, Turkish Tulip, and Icelandic) have appeared. Can’t wait to see what the flowers look like.

Indoor Hydroponic Flowers (and flower buds). Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (81.4 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (34.5 kWh) from Sense. Cloudy much of the day. Deficit of 46.9 kWh.

Sunday (20-March-2022) — New Jersey

First Day of Spring. Nature in New Jersey.

Bird of the day viewed in the backyard: Turkey Vulture, American Crow. The birds seem to be avoiding the patio and birdfeeder.

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

The indoor hydroponic garden California Poppies (Red, Orange, Yellow, Pink-White) continue to bloom in Farm-01L and Farm-08L.

California Poppy Flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Other indoor hydroponic garden flowers include a Pink Poppy flower (day 3), and Icelandic Poppy, Turkish Tulip Poppy, Calendula, and Celosia flower buds about to open.

Indoor Hydroponic Flowers and Plants about to Bloom. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Backyard Daffodil and Purple Crocus flowers.

Daffodil flowers in my Backyard. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Purple Crocus flowers in my Backyard. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (66.4 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (30.3 kWh) from Sense. Sun and clouds. Deficit of 36.1 kWh. I should note that the Solar monitoring from SolSystem via Locus Energy stopped working since the Locus LG-120 meter uses 3G cellular to connect. ATT has turned off 3G cellular.

Weeky Electric Energy Used (508 kWh) from Sense. Weekly Solar Electric Energy Produced (319 kWh) from Sense. Deficit of 189 kWh.

Monday (06-January-2020) — New Jersey

Wintertime Indoor Hydroponic Gardening

More macro flower images from the Indoor Hydroponic Farms. Three versions of a male Zucchini flower as focus stacked composites of 25 images processed with Helicon Focus. You can see the tiny hairs in the flower, as well as some tiny droplets of nectar at the base of the flower. Unfortunately, there are no bees in the house and I have to manually pollinate the flowers that I want to bear fruit or vegetables.

Click on the above image to access my PhotoShelter gallery with the individual images in the following slideshow.

AeroGarden Farm 05-Right. Male Zucchini Flowers. Focus stacked image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 160, 80 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 sec). Composite of 25 images processed with Helicon Focus (method A). (DAVID J MATHRE)

Daily Electric Energy Used (73.0 kWh) from Sense and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (21.1 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. A deficit of 51.9 kWh. Some of the hydroponic gardens are still off.

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Sunday (05-January-2020) — New Jersey

Wintertime Indoor Hydroponic Gardening

A number of the colorful flowering plants in the hydroponic gardens bloomed while I was away. I also harvested some strawberries. Some of the strawberries looked a little odd since I was not here to manually pollinate the strawberry flowers.

AeroGarden Farm 03-Right. Dianthus Bloom. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 200, 80 mm, f/5, 1/60 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

AeroGarden Farm 02-Left. Dianthus Bloom. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 200, 80 mm, f/8, 1/60 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

AeroGarden Farm 01-Right. Calendula Bloom. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 200, 80 mm, f/11, 1/60 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

AeroGarden Farm 01-Right. Snapdragon Bloom. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 200, 80 mm, f/8, 1/60 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

AeroGarden Farm 03-Right. Zinnia Bloom. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 200, 80 mm, f/8, 1/60 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

Zinnia Blooms cut from last December. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 200, 80 mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

AeroGarden Farm 05-Right. Zucchini Bloom. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 200, 80 mm, f/8, 1/60 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

Strawberry Harvest from AeroGarden Farms 07-Left, 07-Right, and Hydroponic Tubs 01-08. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 400, 80 mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

Daily Electric Energy Used (66.3 kWh) from Sense and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (20.9 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. More sun. A deficit of 45.4 kWh. Some of the hydroponic gardens are still off.

Weekly Electric Energy Used (354 kWh) from Sense and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (93 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. A deficit of 261 kWh.