The Mississippi Set
Three printable Mississippi 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 Mississippi editions, in one checkout instead of three
- Twelve undated Mississippi month pages to write the year down in
- The Mississippi native plants reference, with bloom windows and zone timing
- The Mississippi 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 Mississippi pages actually look like
From the Mississippi editions
Some of what is actually in the set
The Mississippi Nature Journal
Each Mississippi month page carries that month's reference side — the blooms, trees and butterflies Mississippi actually has then. Names you will meet in it:
- Spider Lily
- Louisiana Iris
- Black-eyed Susan
- Prairie Coneflower (Black Belt prairie wildflowers)
- Pitcher Plant
- Goldenrod
- Southern Magnolia
- Flowering Dogwood
- Bald Cypress
- Longleaf Pine
- Live Oak
- Sweetgum
- Monarch
- Gulf Fritillary
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Zebra Swallowtail
- Goatweed Leafwing
Native Plants of Mississippi
45 native species are profiled for Mississippi, chosen for hardiness zones 7a–9b. A dozen of them:
- Purple Coneflower
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Butterfly Weed
- Wild Bergamot
- New England Aster
- Showy Goldenrod
- Stiff Goldenrod
- Cardinal Flower
- Foxglove Beardtongue
- Dense Blazing Star
- Prairie Blazing Star
- Common Boneset
The Night Sky over Mississippi
Every dark-sky place the Mississippi edition sends you to, and every meteor shower it tracks through the year:
- De Soto National Forest (southeastern Mississippi)
- Holly Springs National Forest (northern Mississippi)
- Rural farm country of the Mississippi Delta (northwestern Mississippi)
- Quiet overlooks along the Natchez Trace Parkway
- Quadrantids
- Lyrids
- Eta Aquariids
- Southern Delta Aquariids
- Perseids
- Draconids
- Orionids
- Southern Taurids
- Northern Taurids
- Leonids
- Geminids
- Ursids
How the Mississippi year breaks down
Counted, not claimed
Across the twelve Mississippi month pages the reference side draws on 6 wildflowers, 6 trees, 6 butterflies and 7 things coming into season locally.
Something in the Mississippi list is in bloom from March through October, and July is the peak — 22 of the 45 species are flowering then.
13 of them are caterpillar host plants and 14 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in Mississippi yards.
On the 2027 numbers the standout for Mississippi 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 Mississippi knows which nights are worth the drive.
In the box
Exactly what you receive
| The Mississippi Nature Journal | 15 pages — twelve month pages plus covers and how-to |
|---|---|
| Native Plants of Mississippi | 9 pages — the species table, bloom windows and planting calendar |
| The Night Sky over Mississippi | 8 pages — the meteor calendar, dark-sky places and seasonal targets |
| Pages in all | 32, across 3 Mississippi 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 Mississippi files are yours to keep.
Use it through the year
Print the Mississippi 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 Mississippi editions
| One at a time | The Mississippi Set | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Whichever single Mississippi edition you pick | All three, together |
| Checkouts | One for each — there is no cart here | One, for the whole Mississippi 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 Mississippi 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 Mississippi basics in one go
- Gardeners in Mississippi who also go out after dark
- Anyone giving the whole Mississippi set rather than a single file
Not for
- Anyone who already owns one of the three Mississippi editions in it — buy the rest singly instead
- Anyone who wants the Mississippi Nature Year; that is the bigger book, sold on its own page
Everything here describes typical timing across Mississippi, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the Mississippi 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 Mississippi set?
Three things, sold separately elsewhere on the site: The Mississippi Nature Journal, Native Plants of Mississippi and The Night Sky over Mississippi. You get every file each of them contains.
What if I already own one of these Mississippi editions?
Then buy the others on their own — the Mississippi 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 Mississippi 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 Mississippi files arrive together?
They arrive as one download list on one page — 3 files in all for Mississippi, each downloadable on its own, and the link re-opens for 72 hours.
How accurate is the timing for Mississippi?
It describes typical timing across Mississippi drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real Mississippi dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".
Is it worth paying when the Mississippi pages here are free?
The free Mississippi pages are the month you are in; these are the Mississippi 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 Mississippi, or just the big cities?
It is written at state resolution — Mississippi as a whole, with regional notes where Mississippi genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.
What format is the Mississippi 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 Mississippi pages are made to be carried outside.
What if the Mississippi set is not what I expected?
Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the Mississippi 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 Mississippi Nature Journal, Native Plants of Mississippi and The Night Sky over Mississippi — and the free Mississippi pages cover this month either way.
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