Orb,
If you're deep in the forest, a garden is somewhat silly. Learn how to eat what nature already has grown for you naturally in the area. Find water, and make the occasional kill for protien. There ya go.
Don't waste all your energy bringing a rotor tiller and bags of compost up there.
If it's just a place in the forest, a spot you want to make your own and have something to return to, much will depend on what you're planting. Are you talking corn and green beans, or sunflowers and roses?