More rain and warm temperatures early last week melted mountain snowpack and Basset Brook rose within its banks, dislodging logs that had been stranded on the stream bed for several years. Continued above normal temperatures and more rain later in the week eliminated the last remnants of the local snowpack. Garden soil dried enough by mid-week to allow plowing and I transplanted strawberry roots. Bears have again become active. Two of the plastic jugs that I use to collect maple sap were torn from the trees and each suffered multiple round puncture holes. First time bears have bothered my hobby maple operation. Sap flow has slowed and my operation is done for the year. Syrup harvest was about average. Crocuses are still flowering and daffodil flower buds are swelling. Wild leeks are sprouting on the mountainside. My pond is now ice free and vernal pools are full awaiting the appearance of salamanders and frogs. Greylock trails are very wet with lingering snow and ice at the highest elevations. Trails suffered significant erosion from the recent melt.