The Nebraska Set
Three printable Nebraska 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 Nebraska editions, in one checkout instead of three
- Twelve undated Nebraska month pages to write the year down in
- The Nebraska native plants reference, with bloom windows and zone timing
- The Nebraska 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 Nebraska pages actually look like
From the Nebraska editions
Some of what is actually in the set
The Nebraska Nature Journal
Each Nebraska month page carries that month's reference side — the blooms, trees and butterflies Nebraska actually has then. Names you will meet in it:
- Pasque Flower
- Prairie Larkspur
- Lead Plant
- Purple Prairie Clover
- Dotted Blazing Star
- Stiff Goldenrod
- Eastern Cottonwood
- Bur Oak
- Eastern Redcedar
- Green Ash
- Hackberry
- Ponderosa Pine
- Monarch
- Regal Fritillary
- Black Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Mourning Cloak
- Common Buckeye
Native Plants of Nebraska
48 native species are profiled for Nebraska, chosen for hardiness zones 4a–6b. A dozen of them:
- Purple Coneflower
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Butterfly Weed
- Common Milkweed
- Swamp Milkweed
- Showy Milkweed
- Wild Bergamot
- New England Aster
- Aromatic Aster
- Showy Goldenrod
- Stiff Goldenrod
- Wild Columbine
The Night Sky over Nebraska
Every dark-sky place the Nebraska edition sends you to, and every meteor shower it tracks through the year:
- Merritt Reservoir and the Nebraska Sandhills, Cherry County
- The Sandhills region
- Western Panhandle ranchland
- State and national forest land outside the Omaha-Lincoln corridor
- Quadrantids
- Lyrids
- Eta Aquariids
- Southern Delta Aquariids
- Perseids
- Draconids
- Orionids
- Southern Taurids
- Northern Taurids
- Leonids
- Geminids
- Ursids
How the Nebraska year breaks down
Counted, not claimed
Across the twelve Nebraska month pages the reference side draws on 6 wildflowers, 6 trees, 6 butterflies and 7 things coming into season locally.
Something in the Nebraska list is in bloom from March through November, and July is the peak — 25 of the 48 species are flowering then.
15 of them are caterpillar host plants and 17 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in Nebraska yards.
On the 2027 numbers the standout for Nebraska 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 Nebraska knows which nights are worth the drive.
In the box
Exactly what you receive
| The Nebraska Nature Journal | 15 pages — twelve month pages plus covers and how-to |
|---|---|
| Native Plants of Nebraska | 9 pages — the species table, bloom windows and planting calendar |
| The Night Sky over Nebraska | 8 pages — the meteor calendar, dark-sky places and seasonal targets |
| Pages in all | 32, across 3 Nebraska 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 Nebraska files are yours to keep.
Use it through the year
Print the Nebraska 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 Nebraska editions
| One at a time | The Nebraska Set | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Whichever single Nebraska edition you pick | All three, together |
| Checkouts | One for each — there is no cart here | One, for the whole Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska basics in one go
- Gardeners in Nebraska who also go out after dark
- Anyone giving the whole Nebraska set rather than a single file
Not for
- Anyone who already owns one of the three Nebraska editions in it — buy the rest singly instead
- Anyone who wants the Nebraska Nature Year; that is the bigger book, sold on its own page
Everything here describes typical timing across Nebraska, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the Nebraska 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 Nebraska set?
Three things, sold separately elsewhere on the site: The Nebraska Nature Journal, Native Plants of Nebraska and The Night Sky over Nebraska. You get every file each of them contains.
What if I already own one of these Nebraska editions?
Then buy the others on their own — the Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska files arrive together?
They arrive as one download list on one page — 3 files in all for Nebraska, each downloadable on its own, and the link re-opens for 72 hours.
How accurate is the timing for Nebraska?
It describes typical timing across Nebraska drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real Nebraska dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".
Is it worth paying when the Nebraska pages here are free?
The free Nebraska pages are the month you are in; these are the Nebraska 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 Nebraska, or just the big cities?
It is written at state resolution — Nebraska as a whole, with regional notes where Nebraska genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.
What format is the Nebraska 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 Nebraska pages are made to be carried outside.
What if the Nebraska set is not what I expected?
Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the Nebraska 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 Nebraska Nature Journal, Native Plants of Nebraska and The Night Sky over Nebraska — and the free Nebraska pages cover this month either way.
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