Thomas Hickey

tjhickey32@gmail.com

734-660-5348

I graduated from CSU May 2019 with a degree in landscape architecture. This program led me to focus on urban agriculture, and eventually to research energy efficient specialty crop growing systems. In the fall I will be going back to the grad program at CSU to study horticulture and ecology. I plan to research net-zero growing systems (open-field, high tunnel, greenhouse) by incorporating solar energy, geothermal and thermal mass components into the design.

I am a gardener moving towards homesteading in the Old Town neighborhood. I hope to turn the neighborhood into a food forest one vacant / underutilized plot at a time. I have only been growing in Fort Collins for 4 seasons so I am open to all tips and suggestions. Currently gardening / homesteading in the Old Town neighboirhood (Loomis/Laporte). We have 3 chickens and a small vegetable plot. With permission, we are starting to convert our neighbors underutilized plots to crop production.

Veg Crops, Chickens, Compost/ Soil Health