I've been reading this board for the past year and finally registered for the forum. I'm located in Northern Illinois 25 miles west of Chicago. I'm a golf course superintendent, caring for 290 acres of golf turf, prairie, woodlands, wetlands, and a 30 acre nature preserve. The course I manage is 50 years old. I have been employed at the golf course since 1969. The golf course is a designated Audubon Cooperative Wildlife Sanctuary. We were the 1st public golf course in the USA to achieve this certification. We have always been involved in environmental enhancement on the property and have develop 40 acres of wildlife habitat over the past 25 years. I began keeping bees in the spring of 2016 to produce honey and comb honey for our restaurant to use in some menu items and specialty cocktails. For the last several years we have grown some vegetables and herbs on site for use in the restaurant.
Chris