On the other hand, if it is going to freeze hard, you have lost anyway.

At night or when the temperature dipped below freezing, the mud clods on the road froze hard as stone.

Finish planting trees, shrubs and perennials by October's end, so that roots can establish before the ground freezes hard.

During the night it froze hard, and the wind blew some chimneys down.

Plan on finishing planting and transplanting by the end of October so that roots have time to become established before the ground freezes hard.

Those of us with a penchant for chewing cubes know that pure water freezes hard.

Don't mulch before the ground freezes hard, because rodents might burrow in for warmth and eat your plants.

It's best planted in October, after frost, but before the ground freezes hard.

Even if it freezes hard, you'd take days to reach the nearest village.

Scant help could come to the Russians from the east until the river froze hard.