:welcome Don't know about beer drinking gnomes but welcome! I do have a gnome holding a lantern but that's the best I can do. LOL
try this place http://www.gnomeoutlet.com/Lance-the-German-Gnome/cid211skuWG608
A couple of years ago I was on a canning forum where there was a running argument about canning cabbage and whether it became sauerkraut after you canned it. I don't think either side ever relented in the least about it. I know there were people on there who canned it and CALLED it...
I bow to your superior duckweed knowledge since we only had a pond for about 2 years before it turned into a slimy doggie swimming pool and had to be removed. :lol: It's possible that what I thought was duckweed was something else all together or that I remember the plants incorrectly.
Everbering do get runners. I'm not sure if they were more or less than June bering but they DO get runners.
Also you can mow the plants down after they fruit and remove the "mothers" that causes the "daughters' to become stronger.
I picked up a little kit at TSC that had a pot, soil and strawberry seeds. It was for the GD but then someone else got her one too so I planted it. It only had 5 seeds in it!
Last night my neice asked me about planting strawberries from seed and I handed it to her and wished her good luck. :lol: