It is not really spring here. Still cold and lots of snow in my garden, although the garlic beds are mostly uncovered now, the ground is still frozen. Unmulched... well I don't know if it will be okay or not. Our coldest temperature was about -17 C but it stayed in minus teens for weeks and there was not much snow cover.
So I'm really happy to see the bulbils and rounds all coming up in the greenhouse. I had some small rounds of nearly all the varieties I planted outdoors, and I planted those as a backup with the new bulbils. They didn't get planted until late January! It took me awhile to clean up the mess of aphids on my 'late carrots' experiment, and remix/recondition the soil to plant. So far there's no sign of aphids, and I'm glad to hear they don't like garlic either, so unlikely to be attracted, if or when they do reappear. We had a few really hot days in the greenhouse so far, but I didn't open up, just made sure everything was watered, and the garlic seem to like it so far.
It is a cheerful sight.