Cedar Shavings for Pantry Pests

While it won't do anything about any little hitchhikers already in your food, bugs absolutely hate cedar, so sprinkling a few shavings or hanging up a little bag of it in your pantry may discourage anything investigating the place from hanging around. (Same goes for your closets and drawers.)

I use the same organza bags I use for making sachets of potpourri so that they look pretty, but you can achieve the same effect with an old pair of panty hose.

The shavings themselves are the same kind you'll find in any pet store, though exposure to cedar in large quantities or enclosed spaces can actually be toxic to small animals, so I wouldn't suggest ever buying the stuff for its intended use.

By JayKay