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Welcome toBigfoot’s Farm

A real, functioning farm run by two people who had absolutely no business starting one. I have no idea what I’m doing — that is not a bit, that is the entire premise. I’m learning farming in public, in real time, with witnesses. Come along for the wild ride.

Freya the Rocky Mountain Horse and Coco the mini horse grazing together in the pasture at Bigfoot’s Farm in Bloomingdale, Ohio
Freya and Coco, doing the only thing on this farm that goes according to plan. Meet the whole crew →

Hey! What The Farm! by Michael H. Schricker — the paperback propped on a saddle in the barn

Almost famous on Facebook

It started as one dumb question in a local Facebook group. Then another one. People kept sharing them, and asking what happened next. This is what happened next.

Hey! What The Farm!

Bad Advice, Worse Decisions and What Could Possibly Go Wrong

100% of the proceeds go to animals nobody else wanted to love. That’s not a slogan — it’s a receipt. The first nineteen copies pulled a mule out of a kill auction.

A city guy from Hawaii promised a country girl from Oregon the world. She said, “No thanks. I’ll take a horse farm.” Challenge accepted. 232 pages of what happened next — signed by the guy still living it.

34 of 40 claimed — the first fifty copies are printing now, shipping mid-October.

Also in hardcover ($75), or the Friends & Family / Book Club 3-pack — three signed copies for $100, a $20 discount.

Signed first edition · printing now, ships mid-October 2026 · Free shipping & handling in the US — I hate surprise fees as much as you do. Or pick it up and feed a baby goat.


Is it funny if I don’t own a goat?

Yes. Most of the people who’ve bought it don’t own a single animal. Here’s the honest audience:

  • If you’ve ever used social media, you will love this. It started as one dumb question asked to strangers, and the strangers answered.
  • If you like love stories, this is also for you. It’s about a guy who promised a woman the world and she asked for a farm instead.
  • If you enjoy animals, this will be right up your alley. Goats with rap sheets, a donkey planning a coup, a mule who got a second chance.
  • If you like to smile and be thankful it’s all happening to me and not you, you will really get a kick out of this.
  • If you have a big heart and just want to help the helpless, every book sale goes directly to supporting the animals society had forgotten.

📌 Pinned · The one you should read first
Coco and Freya grazing together at Bigfoot's Farm

A Grown Man Getting Emotional in a Pasture

Three years ago I promised Mariah a horse property. Tonight I came home from work, stopped in the driveway, looked across the pasture at Coco and Freya standing together, and realized something I never saw coming.

Warning: contains love, horse shit, questionable financial decisions, and a grown man getting emotional in a pasture.

Read It
Epic Fail Farm Blog — browse the archive
The Origin Story — browse these posts
The Animals — browse these posts
The Property Is Trying to Kill Me — browse these posts
Hired Help and Hardware — browse these posts
Rural Community SOS — browse these posts
Book Teasers — browse these posts

The Goat Kindergarten Is (Reluctantly) For Sale

One blue-eyed, spotted Nigerian Dwarf doeling is looking for a forever home. Raised by a 20-year vet tech, spoiled by everyone else.

The available pairBlue eyes, standard equipmentMama Ivy and the kidsFactory newThe lunch rush

Found us through Facebook? Yes. It’s all true.

Every day I go on the internet and ask strangers how to keep this place from killing me, and every day the strangers answer, laugh, and share it with more strangers. Somewhere along the way my problems became “content.” This is where the content lives now — no algorithm deciding whether you’ve earned the right to see it.

And listen — nobody here is trying to get rich. We’re trying to keep the fur babies fed and put a little joy back into a world that’s been running dangerously low on it.

Preorder a book, bottle-feed a baby goat — signed book plus scheduled visit to Bigfoot's Farm, $40
The Animals of Bigfoot's Farm

Meet the Animals

The crew. Every one of them has a name, a personality, and a pending case.

Banksy the blue panda pug

Banksy the Famous Pug

Blue panda pug. Multi-colored eyes. Tested. Full pug. Has his own page, obviously.

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👕 Merch is live — the logo tee, $20, ten of it to the animals. Tours and trail rides are still coming soon. Most of this farm is still under construction — including the farmer.


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The latest dispatches. Everything here actually happened, which remains the problem.