Burl Sizemore Garden

Appalachian heirloom gardening and old mountain homestead ways

Older and nostalgic gardeners, homesteaders and people with Appalachian or rural family roots who like heirloom seeds and traditional garden methods (inferred from titles, about text and descriptions).

• Realistic avatar
• A photorealistic older man with a long white beard, camouflage cap, and suspenders or bib overalls over a chambray or plaid shirt, shown in gardens, woods and farm yards.

Long narrated first-person story (about 25–50 min) of a grandparent's garden ways: a hook anecdote, then numbered lists or reasons, closing with a plug for the Porch Almanac link.

• Forgotten heirloom fruits and vegetables
• Free and frugal garden methods
• Planting by the signs and seasonal chores
• Wild foods and foraged plants
• Appalachian family memories and rural decline

• Every Appalachian [X] Had [Y]. Here's Why You've Never Seen One in a Store.
• [N] Old Appalachian Garden [Things] America Completely Forgot
• Why These [N] [Things] Were BANNED From Appalachian Gardens
• The [X] That [Did Y]. Appalachian Grandpas Knew Why [Z].

The same bearded persona framed close, holding or beside a plant or object, with a short bold two-to-four-word caption in white, yellow, green or blue on a dark band; warm, saturated outdoor scenes.

• Repeatable title formula naming Appalachia, grandparents and a lost thing: nearly all 30 recent titles follow it
• Consistent persona with an about-text backstory: same face in all 10 thumbnails
• High output: about 7 uploads a week since Sep 16, with 1,860 subscribers and 323,583 total views
• A description link to the Porch Almanac in 23 of 30 recent descriptions, plus the banner QR code
• Top video reached 8,799 views, from a curiosity-gap title with a dollar figure (tomato that paid off a house)