Remember the times when every summer, it is time to pack all your woolens to the loft or the attic where they will sit till the nippy air says hello? It was a tradition in the family to wrap in a piece of the cedar bark to the bag containing the sweaters and other warm clothing until it was time to get them out again. I, of course, realized the importance of this ritual much later when I was dreading (read suffering) insects in my garden. Does cedar actually repel bugs?