- With warm & new growth, energy returns
- Desire to †˜cleanse’ and shed excess weight
- Wear lighter, prettier clothes – to †˜fresh up’ – to emerge
- Wear †˜new’ colours & styles of fashion
- Fresh, green, †˜spring’ foods return
- Desire to eat clean, lean & green
- VEG. garlic, asparagus, peas, artichokes, sprouts
- FRUIT: strawberries, cumquats, loquats, edible flowers
- Get outdoors, start to active again
- Day light savings - do things outside after work – in the garden, park
- Harvest garden, plant summer foods & herbs
- Festivals: eg good food month, halloween
- Sun is hot and fierce – need sun protection
- Skin starts to deepen in colour – change of shades
- More humid – skin moisturizer and treatments change
- More skin revealed, light strappy or flowing clothes – skin & body needs to be in tip top condition
- Want to eat light, fresh & tasty. Easy to overload on fruit & meats
- VEG: beans, salad, tomatoes, eggplant
- FRUIT: basil, coriander, stone fruit, mango, lemon & limes, melons
- De-hydrate, pickle, preserve foods that are abundant
- DIY sprout
- Days are long, lots of time outdoors – being active, doing things around the home, going out, eating outdoor, Outdoor movies,
- BBQ’s, gatherings & parties
- Christmas & holidays – celebration, family, Valentine’s day
- Beach, swimming, sun sun sun
- Exercise, feel fabulous
- Feel your skin changing, not as oily, starting to get tight
- Lips are drying out
- Skin starts to fade – can see the sun spots
- Welcome popping on a jumper, boots – don’t need to have a pedi!
- Looking for more nourishing foods & different tastes and meals– pumpkins, soups
- VEG: mushrooms, pumpkin,
- FRUIT: olives, grapes, quinces, figs, pomegranates, pears and persimmons
- Days are gorgeous with pockets of balminess, nights getting cooler, more rain.
- Easter bunny comes in sth hemisphere
- Last of kitchen garden foods, get beds ready.
- Loose desire to exercise as days get shorter
- Mother’s day (yeh!)
- Lips & skins dries with heaters, less moisture in air, hot showers
- Skin less tanned, change the colours you wear
- Don’t want to go outside to exercise – darker, colder so change your routine.
- Cover up your body – get away with †˜hiding’ your appearance
- More colds and flues spread
- Body want’s to †˜hibernate’ – slow down, eat comforting nourishing foods
- Produce available more limited if you eat †˜local’ and †˜in-season’
- Start to miss the choice of summer fruits – wished you had preserved some!
- VEG: kale, silver beet, spinach, silver beet, avocado, root vegetables, celeriac, leeks, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, garlic & ginger, fennel, sweet potato
- FRUIT: oranges, rhurbarb, mandarin Lemons (lots)
- HERBS – can get most except basil
- Less holidays – more lazing, eating indoors as entertainment
- Garden slows down – less warmth for garden to grow
- Open fires, more screen & book time