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The Yardbirds (surrounding yourself with nature)

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My wife and I moved to Penang from Singapore in August 2011. We purchased a new house in the Tanjung Seri Pinang development in 2008. The house was a semi-detached, three-story house that was a blank canvas as far as the small space that surrounded the house on three sides. Seri Tanjung Pinang development on the right side of the land adjacent to the Straits of Malacca Our house under construction in 2008. There is not much garden space. The Straits of Malacca is in the background Second floor. Cover added plus Astroturf and a garden Lawn plus garden at the side of the house Back garden area. lots of hibiscus and bottlebrush trees. Higher view of the back garden We also had an irrigated flower garden on the second floor. Several published articles listed flowering plants that attract birds. The list includes; Heliconias, torch ginger. Yellow Saraca, Bottlebrushes, Golden Penda. Pink Powderpuff, Firecracker plant, Hibiscus, Ixora plus ...