The Ohio Set
Three printable Ohio 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 Ohio editions, in one checkout instead of three
- Twelve undated Ohio month pages to write the year down in
- The Ohio native plants reference, with bloom windows and zone timing
- The Ohio 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 Ohio pages actually look like
From the Ohio editions
Some of what is actually in the set
The Ohio Nature Journal
Each Ohio month page carries that month's reference side — the blooms, trees and butterflies Ohio actually has then. Names you will meet in it:
- Bloodroot
- Virginia Bluebells
- Large-flowered Trillium
- Virginia Spring Beauty
- Wild Columbine
- New England Aster
- Ohio Buckeye
- Sugar Maple
- Eastern Redbud
- Tulip Tree
- White Oak
- American Sycamore
- Monarch
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- Black Swallowtail
- Mourning Cloak
- Red-spotted Purple
Native Plants of Ohio
65 native species are profiled for Ohio, chosen for hardiness zones 5a–7b. A dozen of them:
- Purple Coneflower
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Butterfly Weed
- Common Milkweed
- Swamp Milkweed
- Wild Bergamot
- Scarlet Beebalm
- New England Aster
- Aromatic Aster
- Stiff Goldenrod
- Wild Columbine
- Cardinal Flower
The Night Sky over Ohio
Every dark-sky place the Ohio edition sends you to, and every meteor shower it tracks through the year:
- Geauga Observatory Park
- State and metro parks in northeast Ohio
- Wayne National Forest and the southeastern Ohio hill country
- Rural farmland in west-central and northwestern Ohio
- Quadrantids
- Lyrids
- Eta Aquariids
- Southern Delta Aquariids
- Perseids
- Draconids
- Orionids
- Southern Taurids
- Northern Taurids
- Leonids
- Geminids
- Ursids
How the Ohio year breaks down
Counted, not claimed
Across the twelve Ohio month pages the reference side draws on 6 wildflowers, 6 trees, 6 butterflies and 7 things coming into season locally.
Something in the Ohio list is in bloom from March through November, and June is the peak — 30 of the 65 species are flowering then.
20 of them are caterpillar host plants and 21 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in Ohio yards.
On the 2027 numbers the standout for Ohio 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 Ohio knows which nights are worth the drive.
In the box
Exactly what you receive
| The Ohio Nature Journal | 15 pages — twelve month pages plus covers and how-to |
|---|---|
| Native Plants of Ohio | 10 pages — the species table, bloom windows and planting calendar |
| The Night Sky over Ohio | 8 pages — the meteor calendar, dark-sky places and seasonal targets |
| Pages in all | 33, across 3 Ohio 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 Ohio files are yours to keep.
Use it through the year
Print the Ohio 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 Ohio editions
| One at a time | The Ohio Set | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Whichever single Ohio edition you pick | All three, together |
| Checkouts | One for each — there is no cart here | One, for the whole Ohio 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 Ohio 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 Ohio basics in one go
- Gardeners in Ohio who also go out after dark
- Anyone giving the whole Ohio set rather than a single file
Not for
- Anyone who already owns one of the three Ohio editions in it — buy the rest singly instead
- Anyone who wants the Ohio Nature Year; that is the bigger book, sold on its own page
Everything here describes typical timing across Ohio, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the Ohio 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 Ohio set?
Three things, sold separately elsewhere on the site: The Ohio Nature Journal, Native Plants of Ohio and The Night Sky over Ohio. You get every file each of them contains.
What if I already own one of these Ohio editions?
Then buy the others on their own — the Ohio 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 Ohio 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 Ohio files arrive together?
They arrive as one download list on one page — 3 files in all for Ohio, each downloadable on its own, and the link re-opens for 72 hours.
How accurate is the timing for Ohio?
It describes typical timing across Ohio drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real Ohio dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".
Is it worth paying when the Ohio pages here are free?
The free Ohio pages are the month you are in; these are the Ohio 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 Ohio, or just the big cities?
It is written at state resolution — Ohio as a whole, with regional notes where Ohio genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.
What format is the Ohio 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 Ohio pages are made to be carried outside.
What if the Ohio set is not what I expected?
Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the Ohio 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 Ohio Nature Journal, Native Plants of Ohio and The Night Sky over Ohio — and the free Ohio pages cover this month either way.
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