Bee friendly — 04/27/23

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In this week’s cover story, we take a look at pollinator-friendly plants. Find out which types of plants added to your garden can create an environment to help bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other key pollinators thrive, and learn about a few others that experts say can help keep the deer away.

Also on the cover Taco Tour Manchester is back (Thursday, May 4), and Matt Ingersoll has all the delicious details (page 24). Michael Witthaus catches up with rootsy trio Low Lily, ahead of their upcoming CD release show at the Bank of NH Stage in Concord on Friday, April 28 (page 31). Katelyn Sahagian previews Symphony NH’s much anticipated 100th anniversary concert, at the Nashua Center for the Arts on Saturday, April 29 (page 15).

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