The ground had thawed in the 33 years since the 1918 flu.

As the ground thaws in the summer, the floors of the winter houses began to flood.

"Nothing up north but a thousand miles of lakes and trees before you run to Everfroze country, where the ground never thaws."

Every year about this time, gardeners and farmers reckon that the ground has thawed enough to put in the new year's crop.

Now that the ground was thawing, the foundations for the inner wall were being dug.

The roots can be replanted after the ground has thawed in the spring.

The ones who dug her grave found that the ground, too, had thawed.

Since the ground freezes and thaws with rapid changes in temperature, choose a mild day to water.

Also, it's not overrun with snow-melt so we can get started as soon as the ground thaws a little more.

When the ground thawed in the spring of 1887, it shifted and settled the newly laid track, requiring more work.