Here is the step by step guide on how to plant 冬瓜 with 0 cost.
1. Find a handful (20 to 30) of 冬瓜seeds from 冬瓜 in the supermarket, or farmer's market. You can plant the seeds right away during spring.
2. Find a wet area in your back yard, and dump the seeds everywhere. Cover the seeds lightly with soil. Keep the wet area wet, so that out of handful of seeds, few of them will come out. All you need is one.
3. Dig a hole on the sunny spot where you have room for the 冬瓜 to grow. Lazy Farmer does not need to dig every where. Only dig one spot over 10 sqare meter, cause 冬瓜 will cover everywhere.
4. Move 1 young 冬瓜 plant to the sunny spot, water every day, and keep dumping your 厨房 garbage and waste water over the roots of the 冬瓜 plant. With water and sun, it will grow very well.
5. I got total of 6 冬瓜 and 5 of them are over 20 lbs. I will have two 冬瓜 left in my house.
Please see my other post with pictures for 冬瓜
http://blog.wenxuecity.com/blogview.php?date=200609&postID=16008