Start with How to Grow Ginger in Containers And Get a Huge Harvest (12 min, Epic Gardening), then 12 Perfect Vegetables To Grow in a Shady Garden Space (19 min, Epic Gardening). All 418 lessons here are free, from the teachers' own official uploads. You'll need raised garden bed, seed starting kit, garden tool set and a few more basics (about $190 of kit). The book to keep beside you: All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew.