OK, the drying is pretty much done. I untied those untidy bundles shown on the first post of this thread and peeled off two layers of dirty paper off the bulbs. Then I peeled off somewhat dry foliage down to about 4" above the bulb to reduce the bulk and help speed drying, put the bundles back together, tied them and cut off excess foliage above the string. Huge difference!
I took a big floor fan from the house, tilted it up and set it to oscillate so it would fan all of the bundles. Much better after one week of this!
Starting tomorrow we're having all of the flooring replaced in the house, a project that will take two days. As soon as the crew is gone, the garlic will move into the house to hang from a bar in the closet of the coolest room in the house. They lived there happily there last year. I think the problem is solved.
