Prepare for big gusts that WILL come
Sorry if I'm telling you what you already know, but I would just remember that although NJ weather might seem to be fairly mild and benign now and much of the time (except for the cold of winter), you WILL, especially in the spring, be hit with really powerful and violent winds and gusts up to 60 mph or more, like the ones that flipped and destroyed the Cherokee at 39N this past year. Winds like that, or similar, come every year, but people who don't usually have airplanes parked outside tend to not be that aware of how violent they are or remember them.
So I'd carefully consider (a) whether your aircraft is tied down well enough to not be flipped or moved in such winds when they come, and (b) whether your control surfaces and adjacent structures can survive that type of abuse given whatever type of gust locks you have in place.
If you ever decide to put on some type of homemade covers for protection from birds, sun hail or whatever (e.g., sleeping bags, as mentioned above), just expect that at some point gusts violent enough to lift or flip planes are going to do everything they can to rip and tear those covers and the straps holding them back and forth and off. Any buckles, zippers, hooks, hard plastic or anything else hard that is on there and not secured for severe gusts can be sawed back and forth and cause scratches and damage.
Unfortunately, I'm now forced to use that tired expression I see on here so often: "don't ask me how I know." And I wasn't actually outside at the time - just under a hangar with no front door, trying to keep the dust and birds off.