Sacha wrote:
The Daily Telegraph had a piece on that just today and suggests it as a good
time to plant. From what others tell me who grow it, you get better sized
bulbs if you plant it around now.

Don't beleive everything you read in the papers. Either plant garlic in
the fall or spring. If the winter has been harsh - you always have the
chance to plant it in the spring again. That's an advice from someone
who does grow garlic - beautiful tasty Italian pink ones, at both time.