Question about composting worms for winter

[wildolive]

I just started some composting worms this summer, I have had them outside, out of the sun in my wood shed -- they've thrived! Now... what to do with them through the winter... ?

I appreciate any help you can offer.

Thanks

[mistletoad]

If you live in a cold place bring them inside the house or into a garage - someplace where you can keep them above 50 degrees.

[Forerunner]

Or introduce them to a large compost pile that has enough mass to maintain heat through the winter.

[FarmboyBill]

U might check with shrek in Singletree. Hes the moderator in there, and he raises alotta worms

[willowworker]

Friend of mine brings hers into her basement.....about 55 degrees all winter.

[wildolive]

Thanks for the suggestions so far!

I should have included:
I'm in northeast Ohio.
I don't have a basement.
I don't have a heated garage.
I'm hoping for a solution to keep them outside.

How much "mass" is needed if I try to keep them in a compost pile? If I contain a pile with straw bales will that help insulate it? Do I have to try and prevent them from migrating into the ground below the pile?

Thanks again

[Forerunner]

Straw bales make excellent insulation for a compost pile.
If you have the equivalent of a heaped pickup load in your pile, and contain that with straw bales, you'll be good to go. As for them migrating, they may to some extent, but they will also multiply. That compost pile will be their preferred environment.
Don't worry about the pile getting too hot, either. Those little fellows will find and thrive in the balance between too hot and too cold.
If your clime is particularly dry, irrigate the pile. The worms like moisture.
If your clime is particularly wet, tarp the pile after construction to keep it from saturating. Worms detest a flooded basement..... and a flooded dining room/bedroom will drive them to revolt.

[CIW]

Mine are kept in an old refridgerator that I modified and buried, laying down, on the north side of the shop. Its been working well for several years. I just make sure that ther is alot of rotting material throughout the bed, come about November. Then I put a few bales of straw across the top and pile dirt around the edges.
In the spring the straw goes onto the compost heap.