The New Mexico Set
Three printable New Mexico 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 New Mexico editions, in one checkout instead of three
- Twelve undated New Mexico month pages to write the year down in
- The New Mexico native plants reference, with bloom windows and zone timing
- The New Mexico 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 New Mexico pages actually look like
From the New Mexico editions
Some of what is actually in the set
The New Mexico Nature Journal
Each New Mexico month page carries that month's reference side — the blooms, trees and butterflies New Mexico actually has then. Names you will meet in it:
- Soaptree Yucca
- Claret Cup Cactus
- Desert Marigold
- Indian Paintbrush
- Rocky Mountain Penstemon
- Chocolate Flower
- Rio Grande Cottonwood
- Two-needle Piñon
- Quaking Aspen
- Ponderosa Pine
- New Mexico Locust
- Gambel Oak
- Monarch
- Two-tailed Swallowtail
- Sleepy Orange
- Painted Lady
- Marine Blue
- Mourning Cloak
Native Plants of New Mexico
47 native species are profiled for New Mexico, chosen for hardiness zones 4a–8b. A dozen of them:
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Butterfly Weed
- Showy Milkweed
- Wild Bergamot
- Stiff Goldenrod
- Cardinal Flower
- Purple Prairie Clover
- Little Bluestem
- Big Bluestem
- Switchgrass
- Indian Grass
- Sideoats Grama
The Night Sky over New Mexico
Every dark-sky place the New Mexico edition sends you to, and every meteor shower it tracks through the year:
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park
- Cosmic Campground
- El Morro National Monument
- Clayton Lake State Park
- Quadrantids
- Lyrids
- Eta Aquariids
- Southern Delta Aquariids
- Perseids
- Draconids
- Orionids
- Southern Taurids
- Northern Taurids
- Leonids
- Geminids
- Ursids
How the New Mexico year breaks down
Counted, not claimed
Across the twelve New Mexico month pages the reference side draws on 6 wildflowers, 6 trees, 6 butterflies and 7 things coming into season locally.
Something in the New Mexico list is in bloom from March through October, and June is the peak — 29 of the 47 species are flowering then.
12 of them are caterpillar host plants and 8 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in New Mexico yards.
On the 2027 numbers the standout for New Mexico 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 New Mexico knows which nights are worth the drive.
In the box
Exactly what you receive
| The New Mexico Nature Journal | 15 pages — twelve month pages plus covers and how-to |
|---|---|
| Native Plants of New Mexico | 9 pages — the species table, bloom windows and planting calendar |
| The Night Sky over New Mexico | 8 pages — the meteor calendar, dark-sky places and seasonal targets |
| Pages in all | 32, across 3 New Mexico 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 New Mexico files are yours to keep.
Use it through the year
Print the New Mexico 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 New Mexico editions
| One at a time | The New Mexico Set | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Whichever single New Mexico edition you pick | All three, together |
| Checkouts | One for each — there is no cart here | One, for the whole New Mexico 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 New Mexico 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 New Mexico basics in one go
- Gardeners in New Mexico who also go out after dark
- Anyone giving the whole New Mexico set rather than a single file
Not for
- Anyone who already owns one of the three New Mexico editions in it — buy the rest singly instead
- Anyone who wants the New Mexico Nature Year; that is the bigger book, sold on its own page
Everything here describes typical timing across New Mexico, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the New Mexico 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 New Mexico set?
Three things, sold separately elsewhere on the site: The New Mexico Nature Journal, Native Plants of New Mexico and The Night Sky over New Mexico. You get every file each of them contains.
What if I already own one of these New Mexico editions?
Then buy the others on their own — the New Mexico 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 New Mexico 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 New Mexico files arrive together?
They arrive as one download list on one page — 3 files in all for New Mexico, each downloadable on its own, and the link re-opens for 72 hours.
How accurate is the timing for New Mexico?
It describes typical timing across New Mexico drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real New Mexico dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".
Is it worth paying when the New Mexico pages here are free?
The free New Mexico pages are the month you are in; these are the New Mexico 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 New Mexico, or just the big cities?
It is written at state resolution — New Mexico as a whole, with regional notes where New Mexico genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.
What format is the New Mexico 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 New Mexico pages are made to be carried outside.
What if the New Mexico set is not what I expected?
Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the New Mexico 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 New Mexico Nature Journal, Native Plants of New Mexico and The Night Sky over New Mexico — and the free New Mexico pages cover this month either way.
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