If you
want to get started in woodworking on the lowest possible budget, I
recommend what's called “green woodworking” or sometimes
“greenwoodworking”. I've talked a little about this already, in
this entry about the chairmaking class I took at Country Workshops
last summer, and this entry about gathering some ash for my next
chair.
One
thing you will find handy if you want to start carving spoons and/or
bowls from green wood is a chopping block, so you'll have a stable
surface for shaping with an axe.