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I do lots of gardening on a mega budget in an urban environment. I assume you’re cooking already. Grow all possible leftover scraps of veggies. The root end bit of an onion will regrow into new onion if planted, same with the end nubbin of a carrot that has the leaves. I plant lots of seeds from fresh fruit, I got many peach plants started from seeds as an exa, and the trees are now bearing tasty fruit. I have a paper bag that I put my dry seeds into. I try to compost nearly all organic waste from my kitchen, and this is the dirt I use to grow everything. I don’t have anything fancy for composting, I just use a shovel to turn a heap on the ground and keep it moist with hose water if too dry to compost. If possible build raised beds from anything strong enough or repurpose old containers like cutting the top off of a milk jug or something similar. Experiment constantly to see what can grow and where. Try to propagate some plants on a regular basis, some are easy and some take skills. But lots of propagations can be done without fancy tools, herb clumps can be ripped apart by hand. See what other people around you are growing and what conditions work best for them and copy. If you walk the streets watch for fruit trees in alleys and save the pits from what you eat. Urban foraging is great place to start. The largest expense for me is water. Some cities may give out rain collection barrels for free. Forget about reading, maybe watch a few videos, mostly just experiment and get your hands dirty and forget about the rules. Rules like don’t grow peaches from pits you eat seem to be bullshit
