Remember homesteading is not defined by where you chose but how you use what you have. Consider your lifestyle and family dynamic having influence on where and how extensive you want your homesteading efforts to be.
I suggest you start where you are and plant vegetables where you usually plant your flowers. Replace or start your trees and bushes with fruit bearing ones that will grow in your particular zone.
I live in a small town and have raspberry bushes for a hedge, saskatoon trees, a cherry tree and am adding blueberries this year. Living in zone 2-3 I know my cherry tree will be a bush at most but that makes it easier for me to pick and preserve. My saskatoons started producing fruit when it was merely a twig with a few leaves and has doubled from the previous year so I am hoping they will produce more and the tree will grow stronger and higher this year.
Container planting is also a great start to being more food secure. No matter where you are, just begin and as you are saving money and learning how to preserve food you can start your nest egg for a more traditional piece of land.
Homesteading is a gradual process that will teach you patience and continual learning. Embrace the new paradigm.
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