LOL - I have a proclivity to do things bassackwards!!
My goal for Discers-4-Whiskers is to create a disc golf pet food fundraising machine that is here LONG after I am gone. The pet food we raise is donated to those who cannot afford pet food keeping pets in loving homes and out of shelters, and that pet might be the only form of love that person has, well doing that makes the World a better place.
At my tender age of 54 I finally figured out the most important thing in the World is LOVE. Period.
Regarding your garlic - yes it will be fine. I would go ahead and put some of your leaf mulch to good use and apply 3-4 inches of chopped leaves on your patch. Garlic, and those shallots, are very hardy and the colder climates dictate the clove and bulb development.
Back to the salt mines - I will post tomorrow about the exciting adventures I had yesterday. Let's just say I am happy to still be here - now regarding staying on with the Census, that might be up in the air!! Gonna have a one on one with the big boss sometime today. It is ALL good
PEACE