The Missouri Set
Three printable Missouri 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 Missouri editions, in one checkout instead of three
- Twelve undated Missouri month pages to write the year down in
- The Missouri native plants reference, with bloom windows and zone timing
- The Missouri 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 Missouri pages actually look like
From the Missouri editions
Some of what is actually in the set
The Missouri Nature Journal
Each Missouri month page carries that month's reference side — the blooms, trees and butterflies Missouri actually has then. Names you will meet in it:
- Missouri Evening Primrose
- Pale Purple Coneflower
- Blazing Star (Gayfeather)
- Indian Paintbrush
- Virginia Bluebells
- Wild Bergamot (Bee Balm)
- Flowering Dogwood
- Eastern Redbud
- Pawpaw
- Shortleaf Pine
- Sugar Maple
- Bald Cypress
- Monarch
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- Pearl Crescent
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
Native Plants of Missouri
59 native species are profiled for Missouri, chosen for hardiness zones 5a–7b. A dozen of them:
- Purple Coneflower
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Butterfly Weed
- Common Milkweed
- Swamp Milkweed
- Wild Bergamot
- New England Aster
- Aromatic Aster
- Showy Goldenrod
- Stiff Goldenrod
- Wild Columbine
- Cardinal Flower
The Night Sky over Missouri
Every dark-sky place the Missouri edition sends you to, and every meteor shower it tracks through the year:
- Mark Twain National Forest
- Ozark National Scenic Riverways
- Taum Sauk Mountain State Park
- Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park
- Quadrantids
- Lyrids
- Eta Aquariids
- Southern Delta Aquariids
- Perseids
- Draconids
- Orionids
- Southern Taurids
- Northern Taurids
- Leonids
- Geminids
- Ursids
How the Missouri year breaks down
Counted, not claimed
Across the twelve Missouri month pages the reference side draws on 6 wildflowers, 6 trees, 6 butterflies and 7 things coming into season locally.
Something in the Missouri list is in bloom from March through November, and July is the peak — 28 of the 59 species are flowering then.
19 of them are caterpillar host plants and 20 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in Missouri yards.
On the 2027 numbers the standout for Missouri 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 Missouri knows which nights are worth the drive.
In the box
Exactly what you receive
| The Missouri Nature Journal | 15 pages — twelve month pages plus covers and how-to |
|---|---|
| Native Plants of Missouri | 10 pages — the species table, bloom windows and planting calendar |
| The Night Sky over Missouri | 8 pages — the meteor calendar, dark-sky places and seasonal targets |
| Pages in all | 33, across 3 Missouri 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 Missouri files are yours to keep.
Use it through the year
Print the Missouri 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 Missouri editions
| One at a time | The Missouri Set | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Whichever single Missouri edition you pick | All three, together |
| Checkouts | One for each — there is no cart here | One, for the whole Missouri 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 Missouri 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 Missouri basics in one go
- Gardeners in Missouri who also go out after dark
- Anyone giving the whole Missouri set rather than a single file
Not for
- Anyone who already owns one of the three Missouri editions in it — buy the rest singly instead
- Anyone who wants the Missouri Nature Year; that is the bigger book, sold on its own page
Everything here describes typical timing across Missouri, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the Missouri 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 Missouri set?
Three things, sold separately elsewhere on the site: The Missouri Nature Journal, Native Plants of Missouri and The Night Sky over Missouri. You get every file each of them contains.
What if I already own one of these Missouri editions?
Then buy the others on their own — the Missouri 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 Missouri 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 Missouri files arrive together?
They arrive as one download list on one page — 3 files in all for Missouri, each downloadable on its own, and the link re-opens for 72 hours.
How accurate is the timing for Missouri?
It describes typical timing across Missouri drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real Missouri dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".
Is it worth paying when the Missouri pages here are free?
The free Missouri pages are the month you are in; these are the Missouri 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 Missouri, or just the big cities?
It is written at state resolution — Missouri as a whole, with regional notes where Missouri genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.
What format is the Missouri 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 Missouri pages are made to be carried outside.
What if the Missouri set is not what I expected?
Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the Missouri 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 Missouri Nature Journal, Native Plants of Missouri and The Night Sky over Missouri — and the free Missouri pages cover this month either way.
The rest of the Missouri shelf
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