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You do not need much. A pot and a shovel will do for the starter.

Try potatoes or carrots. Potatoes sprout anyway if you do not put them cold and dark so there is not so much to do.

If you buy "earth" make sure it is clean (i.e. sieve it or search with hands)! Here it often contains stuff like cockchafer grubs.

We us some old cheap wax cloth like this: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B079SHYV6S/ref=psdc_12964001_t1_B07... So we do not have the dirt on the floor when planting.

BTW: Carrots can be stored for very long. Here is a video how carrots are stored usually in winter time at industry scale. But you can do this at home as well:

https://youtu.be/tZu_e4OkZ6A?t=153