I've had good luck the last 3 years with Canadians. I bought a few tubs that had good, meaty worms in them from a bit shop, took them home and cut them all in half. I found a large tub with a lid that fit, lined the container with newspaper and added organic composting soil with earthworm casings as dirt. Put worms inside,and keep lid partially open at all times. I keep the container in a spare refrigerator down in one of the crisper drawers. I've only ever lost one batch due to over-moisturization... so now the only moisture they get is used coffee grounds once every few weeks. You know they're unhappy if they start hanging out on top of the soil often. Every few months I re-dirt them and add fresh newspaper. I will add shredded newspaper on top at any time if I notice they have gone through what was in there. I now have worms that resemble snakes more than worms, lol. When I fish them, I have to cut them in half in order to use them because they are too long whole. My current batch is over a year old and still strong.

When I take them fishing, I use a small-medium sized ice cooler loaded with a few icepacks and maybe a bag of ice if it's real hot outside. Never been an issue for me!

We had an old 60�s model refrigerator laying on its back. Put a bolt in where the latch was we could raise in the summer and lower in the winter with the temps. We used red wigglers and could have had a cash crop of worms for 20 years. The fridge offered insulation from the heat and cold. We did have the benefit of cows we would put five gallon buckets of fresh manure frequently and fed them corn meal as well. It was like catfish at a feeder with a timer when you sprinkle the corn meal on. As the manure got fully composted we would transfer five gallon buckets on the garden with worms to help with natural aeration of the soil. The manure composting caused warming. So we would add it to one side and work it to the other to add to the garden. This gave the worms a temp difference from one side to the other to move into. Hope this helps good luck.