Too late for Garlic planting?

I planted some Garlic in late Feb last season. The crop I got was okay, but the bulb sizes were all on the small side.

In extremis (ground not ready) you could put them in individual 3" pots, outside so they get the cold, and then plant out when ground is suitable/available.

(I think John has a video about that somewhere)

If you can dig your soil now, put the garlic in now. It does need a fair bit of time in very cold weather in soil.

If you can't dig yet, start them in pots then transfer to soil later. Here's some tips:

http://www.allotment-garden.org/allotment-tips/garlic-in-pots.php

get them planted as soon as poss........the size of bulbs will depend on feeding and summer weather as much as anything else. There's still plenty of winter left for them to get the cold period necessary for them to bulb

Exactly 

I have to agree with Trillium on this one.

If you can turn the soil over plant them straight in - but I planted in pots initially last year than re-planted and I have done the same this year. I only planted mine in late december and left them.

Also did this last year and got great size garlic plus the roots develop really well in the pots.

I planted mine in pots before Christmas cos the grounds been frozen solid up here since November. I've never grown garlic before but the roots it put out in the pots is unbelievable! So mean time I've transplanted then into 3" pots until mother nature decides I can get them planted outside

Some of the seed garlic I have planted actually says it can be planted late autumn of early spring. Last year I put some shallots in in Jan and they did ok - give it a go. I would guess the worst that is likely to happen is that they are slow to come up.