Harvesting the garlic

I harvested our small garlic crop in the middle of a torrential downpour last week.  It had been raining for over a week and when I walked past the garden to let the chickens out, I realised just how much water was in the garden. I knew if I didn't take them out they would rot in the ground.  When I walked back to the verandah, they were in my hand.  They were planted from local garlic bought