Ken, you definitely get a much longer "break" between digging and replanting garlic than we do in the north!
Mary, I'm so glad to hear your garlic is coming up for you -- I hope you will have a good harvest, as well
I'm really pleased with the way my garlic is looking, particularly the Creole type that I planted for the first time; it's supposed to be a 'southern' type of garlic, but if anything the Creole plants are larger than the other ones. So far the only problem I've seen is that the leaves had some yellowing on them, but after searching the internet I believe it was due to cold weather; apparently the "silverskin" type of garlic is more prone to that, and the Ajo Rojo (or maybe all Creole garlic?) is a "silverskin." At any rate, the leaves seem to have actually greened back up for the most part... I'm also anxious to see if my bulbs are any larger this year, after being more selective and planting my larger cloves as well as spacing my plants out further.
