Hi John if you still have sound garlic cloves then yes you can plant these. You can also sow garlic seed in a pan or shallow container but it will take a couple of years to get to the point of the seed being a solid garlic bulb.

I think that I am behind the times again, MG. There are garlic varieties that produce viable seed, now?

Generally not but there is one strain of hard necked garlic that has viable seed - probably not what John grew though