Here's a How To on YouTube that saved me from purchase of additional software as I already own LR (photography is a keen interest). If I may suggest as you go along with your project a few things;
1. Try manual settings which can be accomplished with the aid of your Histogram. This should assist in keeping most of your exposures similar due to changing weather etc.
2. As you are shooting this experiment on a different project with different settings of your time lapse itself- 1sec, 2sec or more time differences. I found 2 sec interval @ 24fps really not to my liking, at least on this one project I was doing. I plan to try @30fps.
3. YouTube is your friend as well as these forums. Do searches in each and explore some of the results trying to find something you like.
3. Create a check list so you perform the very same tasks each time. Noting is worse that you've captured good footage only to realize you forget to focus/over-exposed etc.
Keep in mind the duration you are speaking of- over the course of a year. Weather will make a difference and should be intersting so be sure to capture more than you need. You won't be able to go back and reshot but you can always edit out stuff you already have.
The sun will be changing positions as well so shooting at the same time each day may or may not be all that important. Again, depends on the look you want. Since you are doing multiple shots that could aid in making things even more interesting.
Just some thoughts. Here's the link-
