http://www.allotment-diary.co.uk Planting and growing garlic couldn't be easier. Any time from late Autumn to Early Spring separate your garlic bulbs into separate cloves. Don't use supermarket ones as these aren't certified virus free,use garlic sold for planting. Then is any reasonable soil simply push each clove into the soil with the blunt end down and the pointed end upwards so that the top is about an inch under the surface. Plant out about 6" apart and 12" in rows and that's about it. By Mid to late Summer the foliage will start to yellow and whither and this is the time to harvest the bulbs. Then just allow to dry out and store. It couldn't be easier.