Gifts from a fellow gardener

Still waiting for my seeds to really get going and getting rather impatient I have been given some things to get on with in the meantime. A regular customer of mine at work with whom I often talk about gardening with, gave me some bay leaves, shown in this photograph are some of the branches hung up to dry. He gave me quite a large amount of bay, so I am also going to try and propagate some myself.

and a clump of garlic:

to plant out in a sunny spot:

As you can see I divided the garlic into two clumps, and it seems to be very happy next to my chives!