The cover of South Dakota Nature Year 2027The cover of The South Dakota Nature Journal

Guides South Dakota

South Dakota Nature Year 2027 + Journal

The complete South Dakota Nature Year with the undated journal beside it: everything the site knows about the year, and the pages to record your own.

  • The whole South Dakota Nature Year — book, posters, sky calendar, life list
  • A weekly South Dakota note through 2027, from the same data
  • The undated South Dakota journal alongside it, to keep your own record
  • Everything the site knows about a South Dakota year, plus somewhere to write it

$42.00one-time$48.00 bought separately

Instant download · yours to keep, with no account and no renewal · full refund within 30 days

A look inside

What the South Dakota pages actually look like

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From the South Dakota editions

Some of what is actually in the set

South Dakota Nature Year 2027

The garden chapters carry 45 native species for South Dakota, each with its bloom window and zone timing. Among them:

  • Purple Coneflower
  • Black-Eyed Susan
  • Common Milkweed
  • Swamp Milkweed
  • Showy Milkweed
  • Wild Bergamot
  • New England Aster
  • Aromatic Aster
  • Showy Goldenrod
  • Stiff Goldenrod
  • Wild Columbine
  • Prairie Blazing Star

The South Dakota Nature Journal

Each South Dakota month page carries that month's reference side — the blooms, trees and butterflies South Dakota actually has then. Names you will meet in it:

  • Pasque Flower
  • Prairie Smoke
  • Purple Coneflower
  • Prairie Blazing Star
  • Black-eyed Susan
  • Common Sunflower
  • Black Hills Spruce
  • Ponderosa Pine
  • Quaking Aspen
  • Plains Cottonwood
  • Bur Oak
  • Paper Birch
  • Monarch
  • Regal Fritillary
  • Mourning Cloak
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail
  • Painted Lady
  • Common Wood-Nymph

How the South Dakota year breaks down

Counted, not claimed

Something in the South Dakota list is in bloom from March through November, and June is the peak — 23 of the 45 species are flowering then.

14 of them are caterpillar host plants and 13 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in South Dakota yards.

Across the twelve South Dakota month pages the reference side draws on 6 wildflowers, 6 trees, 6 butterflies and 7 things coming into season locally.

In the box

Exactly what you receive

South Dakota Nature Year 2027The 53-page book, the 5-page 2027 sky calendar, 8 poster files, a one-page life list, and the weekly South Dakota note through 2027
The South Dakota Nature Journal15 pages — twelve month pages plus covers and how-to
Pages in all82, across 12 South Dakota files
What you save$6.00 — $48.00 bought apart, $42.00 bought together
FormatPDF, laid out for both Letter and A4
DeliveryAn instant download link, plus a link you can re-open for 72 hours
AccessYours to keep — no expiry, no account, no subscription
RefundsFull refund within 30 days, no questions

How it works

From checkout to the field

  1. Buy it

    Checkout takes a card and an email address — no account to create.

  2. Open it straight away

    The download link appears immediately and the South Dakota files are yours to keep.

  3. Use it through the year

    Every week through 2027 a short South Dakota note arrives — what to look for in the days ahead, from the same data.

The set, or the pieces

Both are honest ways to buy the South Dakota editions

One at a timeSouth Dakota Nature Year 2027 + Journal
What you getWhichever single South Dakota edition you pickBoth, together
CheckoutsOne for each — there is no cart hereOne, for the whole South Dakota set
What it costs$48.00 for the two apart$42.00, saving $6.00
The weekly noteIncluded with the South Dakota Nature YearIncluded here too — it comes with the year
If you only want oneBuy it on its own; every South Dakota edition is sold separatelyThe set is only worth it if all of it is new to you

Before you buy

Who this is for

Made for

  • Someone who wants the whole South Dakota year and somewhere to record it
  • Anyone buying the South Dakota Nature Year who would have come back for the journal anyway
  • Households where more than one person in South Dakota goes outside

Not for

  • Anyone who only wants to read South Dakota month by month — the free South Dakota pages already do that
  • Anyone who does not print; most of what is here is made for paper

Everything here describes typical timing across South Dakota, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the South Dakota 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 South Dakota set?

South Dakota Nature Year 2027 and The South Dakota Nature Journal — every file each of them contains.

What if I already own one of these South Dakota editions?

Then buy the others on their own — the South Dakota set only saves money if all of it is new to you, and we would rather say so than take $42.00 for a file you already have.

Is this cheaper than buying the South Dakota editions one at a time?

Yes — $42.00 rather than $48.00, a saving of $6.00. There is no cart here, so buying them apart also means checking out 2 separate times.

Do the South Dakota files arrive together?

They arrive as one download list on one page — 12 files in all for South Dakota, each downloadable on its own, and the link re-opens for 72 hours.

How accurate is the timing for South Dakota?

It describes typical timing across South Dakota drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real South Dakota dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".

Is it worth paying when the South Dakota pages here are free?

The free South Dakota pages are the month you are in; these are the South Dakota 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 South Dakota, or just the big cities?

It is written at state resolution — South Dakota as a whole, with regional notes where South Dakota genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.

What format is the South Dakota 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 South Dakota pages are made to be carried outside.

What if the South Dakota set is not what I expected?

Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the South Dakota edition, and keep the files either way — asking for them back would be theatre.

Everything in this set is also sold on its own — South Dakota Nature Year 2027 and The South Dakota Nature Journal — and the free South Dakota pages cover this month either way.

The rest of the South Dakota shelf

Also for South Dakota