garlic chives, the masker of scents?

All the garlic chives that were transplanted from the back to the front patch have now been split into separate rhizomes and regrouped in bunches of five or six stems. This is what garlic chive rhizomes look like: 

I wanted to do a photo guide on separating and replanting garlic chives, but it was too tedious to take photos while actually doing it. Next season, perhaps. But anyway, I've probably split hundreds already, so my muscle memory shouldn't fail me. 

I've also planted out half the radish seedlings (grown from seed!) to the front patch too, as well as the beetroot seedlings which have just started to sprout. Note to self: radish sprout super easily so make sure to space the seeds appropriately in the pot or soil. This front patch also houses the baby bokchoi. 

To recap, in the front right patch there are radish (little double leaves on right), beetroot (further right, not in photo), bokchoi (four in diagonal line plus one radish traitor), sugar snap peas (along bamboo poles), and of course, garlic chives (in-between grassy lines). The garlic chives at our place have always been planted out in vast rows, due to our high rate of consumption (dumplings, egg-chive pancake, GC pesto...), but now I'm testing to see if their pungency can act as a protector of the veggie-realms against insects that might fancy the bokchoi leaves. I should probably have looked into companion planting a bit more carefully to check whether these combinations are indeed complementary, but these readings are in the pipeline. 

Endnote. I'm disappointed to learn that the French term for garlic chives is actually not ail des ours (trans. garlic of the bears). It's just called ciboulette ail (trans. garlic chives).