Rita,
I'm about to break up my biggest bulbs to find the nicest cloves to
plant for next year. I usually
plant 40-50 cloves, and I know that I will have plenty of good cloves to share when I'm done.
I'll be more than happy to send you some. It's a hard neck variety that I picked up from the local farmer's market about 4 years ago. Ohio and Illinois have similar enough
growing conditions that the garlic should do just fine in your garden.
How many cloves do you want? PM (Personal Message) me with your address, and I'll send them out some time in September, so you can
plant them in October.