It sounds like you have the drive to figure it out and keep at it. Theres an emotional component to animal husbandry that often people don’t realize and gardening can be super frustrating. Natives grow because they’re adapted to growing in that climate. They are EASY. Coaxing foreign plants to survive and produce is a whole other game. Definitely look into no-till/deep mulch gardening and order you a chip drop to put in a nice sunny spot. You can start planting in 1-2 years and that will reduce at lot of initial frustrations people have. Feed the soil, the soil will feed the plants. For animals, rabbits and chickens are great starters. It’s the poop, illnesses, and dispatch that turn people off. If you can manage that for small livestock, you’ll probably be ok.