I dry my garlic in the shade, hanging from the rafters. All the commercial growers use darkish sheds for drying, and say that drying garlic in sunlight causes a bitter taste. I'm quite new at this, but did well with my crop of elephant garlic last year, selling enough to pay for my original investment, supply myself with seed stock, and invest in some new varieties. One of them is Chinese Pink, a softneck I hope to braid. It was the only one that decided it needed to grow after I planted it in mid October. I also have Persian Star which I grew last year from seed stock supplied to me by my neighbor who grows commercially, and I bought a pound each of two other varieties from Territorial Seed, and one from another local grower, all hardnecks.
