[Gardeneer]

I planted my potatoes on Feb 21st. I checked yesterday. Roots and sprouts are forming.
Your garlic experiment sounds interesting.
Because down south we have short cool spring,/early summers, probably garlic planted now migbt not bulb up.. but you can use them as green garlic, as we use green onion.
Now that you brought it up, I will plant some too, to use them green.
I have direct sown salad greens , cilantro, and carrots too. I am not going to try Broccoli. Probably too late now. Plus , it does not do quite well down here.