Most of the store bought garlic around here is foreign, mostly from China I believe. I'd find some grown locally, there are many varieties grown in Ontario. I think a lot of garlic around here is planted in October so you might be a little late. My soil has too much clay for rootcrops but I'm slowly ammending one section with sand, compost, and gypsum.
ill see next spring...1 minus my buddy never brought the straw for the top...im thinking its a lost cause now because of the freeze we just had but hey who knows