Growing garlic?

[Guest guest]

I have a question for any of you who garden regularly. I have four bulbs

of organic garlic which have sprouted, pretty much every bulb. I hate to

throw them away, but I've nevaer grown garlic. And I probably have 40

sprouted cloves, so who needs that much garlic?

I looked online, and learned that it might be pretty difficult to grow,

you know, rotting from too much water, not forming cloves if they don't

get enough cold, ...

So, I'm wondering, what do you think? Is it doable? And, if so, how many

of these cloves would you plant? I am thinking that maybe I should plant

all of them in teeny little pots and give them away. I hate to throw

them away when they are all so obviously healthy and wanting to grow!

(I know, I'm weird!)

Anyway, I do have an above-the-ground planting box that is about 20

inches deep, one recommendation on a couple of the sites I looked at,

and it's pretty well-drained, and full of yummy organic fertilizer. But

I don't even know how sunny it needs to be. I am thinking that they may

need lots of sun?

Any reali life experiences with growing garlic would be helpful.

Thanks much,

TerriLynne