The Alabama Set
Three printable Alabama editions in one purchase — the twelve-month journal, the native plants reference and the stargazing guide — for less than the three cost apart.
- Three printable Alabama editions, in one checkout instead of three
- Twelve undated Alabama month pages to write the year down in
- The Alabama native plants reference, with bloom windows and zone timing
- The Alabama night sky guide — dark places and the year's meteor calendar
$29.00one-time$33.98 bought separately
Instant download · yours to keep, with no account and no renewal · full refund within 30 days
A look inside
What the Alabama pages actually look like
From the Alabama editions
Some of what is actually in the set
The Alabama Nature Journal
Each Alabama month page carries that month's reference side — the blooms, trees and butterflies Alabama actually has then. Names you will meet in it:
- Bloodroot
- Oakleaf Hydrangea
- Trillium
- Pitcher Plants
- Cardinal Flower
- Climbing Aster
- Longleaf Pine
- Flowering Dogwood
- Southern Magnolia
- Eastern Redbud
- Bald Cypress
- Sugar Maple
- Monarch
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Gulf Fritillary
- Zebra Swallowtail
- Palamedes Swallowtail
- Mourning Cloak
Native Plants of Alabama
50 native species are profiled for Alabama, chosen for hardiness zones 7a–9b. A dozen of them:
- Purple Coneflower
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Butterfly Weed
- Wild Bergamot
- Aromatic Aster
- Stiff Goldenrod
- Wild Columbine
- Cardinal Flower
- Great Blue Lobelia
- Foxglove Beardtongue
- Wild Lupine
- Dense Blazing Star
The Night Sky over Alabama
Every dark-sky place the Alabama edition sends you to, and every meteor shower it tracks through the year:
- Cheaha State Park
- William B. Bankhead National Forest
- Conecuh National Forest
- Rural Black Belt farmland (west-central Alabama)
- Quadrantids
- Lyrids
- Eta Aquariids
- Southern Delta Aquariids
- Perseids
- Draconids
- Orionids
- Southern Taurids
- Northern Taurids
- Leonids
- Geminids
- Ursids
How the Alabama year breaks down
Counted, not claimed
Across the twelve Alabama month pages the reference side draws on 6 wildflowers, 6 trees, 6 butterflies and 7 things coming into season locally.
Something in the Alabama list is in bloom from March through November, and June is the peak — 24 of the 50 species are flowering then.
15 of them are caterpillar host plants and 15 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in Alabama yards.
On the 2027 numbers the standout for Alabama is the Quadrantids — about 120 an hour at its peak with the moon only 18% lit, best after midnight into dawn.
The Geminids, by contrast, peak against a 100%-lit moon that year — the kind of night the guide tells you to skip rather than let you find out at 2am.
The calendar runs every major shower of the year — 12 of them — with the moon's brightness worked out for each peak, so Alabama knows which nights are worth the drive.
In the box
Exactly what you receive
| The Alabama Nature Journal | 15 pages — twelve month pages plus covers and how-to |
|---|---|
| Native Plants of Alabama | 9 pages — the species table, bloom windows and planting calendar |
| The Night Sky over Alabama | 8 pages — the meteor calendar, dark-sky places and seasonal targets |
| Pages in all | 32, across 3 Alabama files |
| What you save | $4.98 — $33.98 bought apart, $29.00 bought together |
| Format | PDF, laid out for both Letter and A4 |
| Delivery | An instant download link, plus a link you can re-open for 72 hours |
| Access | Yours to keep — no expiry, no account, no subscription |
| Refunds | Full refund within 30 days, no questions |
How it works
From checkout to the field
Buy it
Checkout takes a card and an email address — no account to create.
Open it straight away
The download link appears immediately and the Alabama files are yours to keep.
Use it through the year
Print the Alabama pages you want and take them outside; they are laid out with room to write on as the season moves.
The set, or the pieces
Both are honest ways to buy the Alabama editions
| One at a time | The Alabama Set | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Whichever single Alabama edition you pick | All three, together |
| Checkouts | One for each — there is no cart here | One, for the whole Alabama set |
| What it costs | $33.98 for the three apart | $29.00, saving $4.98 |
| If you only want one | Buy it on its own; every Alabama edition is sold separately | The set is only worth it if all of it is new to you |
Before you buy
Who this is for
Made for
- Someone starting from nothing who wants the Alabama basics in one go
- Gardeners in Alabama who also go out after dark
- Anyone giving the whole Alabama set rather than a single file
Not for
- Anyone who already owns one of the three Alabama editions in it — buy the rest singly instead
- Anyone who wants the Alabama Nature Year; that is the bigger book, sold on its own page
Everything here describes typical timing across Alabama, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the Alabama pages say "usually early May" and never "May 4th", which is not hedging but the most the data can honestly carry.
Questions
Before you decide
What exactly is in the Alabama set?
Three things, sold separately elsewhere on the site: The Alabama Nature Journal, Native Plants of Alabama and The Night Sky over Alabama. You get every file each of them contains.
What if I already own one of these Alabama editions?
Then buy the others on their own — the Alabama set only saves money if all of it is new to you, and we would rather say so than take $29.00 for a file you already have.
Is this cheaper than buying the Alabama editions one at a time?
Yes — $29.00 rather than $33.98, a saving of $4.98. There is no cart here, so buying them apart also means checking out 3 separate times.
Do the Alabama files arrive together?
They arrive as one download list on one page — 3 files in all for Alabama, each downloadable on its own, and the link re-opens for 72 hours.
How accurate is the timing for Alabama?
It describes typical timing across Alabama drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real Alabama dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".
Is it worth paying when the Alabama pages here are free?
The free Alabama pages are the month you are in; these are the Alabama editions around them — planned before the year arrives, and printable, so you are not holding a screen in the garden.
Will it work for my part of Alabama, or just the big cities?
It is written at state resolution — Alabama as a whole, with regional notes where Alabama genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.
What format is the Alabama edition, and can I print it?
A PDF laid out for both Letter and A4, one page per sheet — printing it is the point, since the Alabama pages are made to be carried outside.
What if the Alabama set is not what I expected?
Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the Alabama edition, and keep the files either way — asking for them back would be theatre.
Everything in this set is also sold on its own — The Alabama Nature Journal, Native Plants of Alabama and The Night Sky over Alabama — and the free Alabama pages cover this month either way.
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