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All yearPrep calendar
A few small things each month. Come back every month for what's next.
January
- Test smoke and CO detectors
- Check your winter car kit
- Rotate stored tap water
February
- Take a full pantry inventory
- Restock your first aid kit
- Replace expired medicine
March
- Change detector batteries when clocks spring forward
- Make a spring storm and tornado plan
- Plant calendula and chamomile seeds indoors
April
- Check flood insurance before spring rains
- Clean gutters and drains
- Plant mint, sage and thyme
May
- Hurricane prep before the season starts
- Refresh go-bags with summer clothes
- Make a family evacuation plan
June
- Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1
- Stock fans, cooling towels and electrolytes
- Freeze water bottles to fill your freezer
July
- Check on older neighbors in heat waves
- Store extra water for hot weather
- Harvest and dry herbs
August
- Back-to-school contact cards for kids
- Update school pickup plans
- Make infused oils from dried herbs
September
- National Preparedness Month
- Run a full family practice night
- Restock your remedy kit for cold season
October
- Test your generator outdoors
- Winterize and insulate pipes
- Make salves and balms for winter skin
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November
- Change detector batteries when clocks fall back
- Pack a holiday travel car kit
- Stock cold and flu remedies
December
- Add blankets and warmers to the car
- Check heating and CO safety
- Give prep gifts: flashlights, radios, first aid kits