I don't know anyone in real life that grows garlic, so many hearty thanks to everyone on who posted. It's so nice to be able to talk to someone that's done this before. I ended up lashing them to my fence, you can't see all the bulbs, but you get the idea.
Cool pics, Sue, a year on the counter is pretty amazing. I usually store mine in a box in a closet. Some varieties are just troppers. Thanks again!
Not much, but should last me a year and I had fun doing stringing them up.