May 25th was the last measurable rain we've had. Garden soil mid May was loamy and nice.  Now it is hard to get a shovel through and hard clods come up.  I'm watering my plants. Weekly mowing has slowed to over a week.  We have a small overflow pond/creek that goes through our farm from the neighborhood.  Pond is mud now where earlier creek and pond were with water.  Raccoons are into water buckets in the barn knocking them over or muddying them.  Doe and fawn plus last season's twin yearlings are seen in alfalfa field, sheep pasture and even our fenced yard. First cutting alfalfa at end of May was good (15 big bales) but we need rain.  Wild black raspberries are fruiting.