i've got worms!!!!

Pot worms to be exact! :) springing up in my garden. Here is a video I uploaded to YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k67m9GgYbJM&sns=tw
Now what can I do to encourage them to stay and multiply? I've still never found an earthworm in my garden so I'm taking these guys as good omens. Any suggestions? I've got a barrel full of compost with my night Crawlers in it. Should I dump it and let them loose?

I've never seen that kind before!
Don't dump the nightcrawlers, they will die from exposure, I hear. But you could introduce some good old-fashioned red wrigglers, and if there is enough soft soil with organic material they will stay and multiply.

Even here in zone 5?

As far as I know, all worms need is unfrozen, damp ground. The warmer the better, but I don't think temps of 40 or so degrees will kill them, although others may know more. If you can mulch your garden, keep the ground soft below the frost line, they ought to do fine.
Mraider is an excellent source for worm info, just search DG for some of his threads.

Wish I could help on this one. Never had much luck sustaining red wigglers to the garden. Some do manage to survive in the holes I backfill with composted manure for squash, cucumbers and tomatoes however they don't really take hold, so to speak. What Outlaw is referring to is probably some form of native worm and they might do well with plenty of organic matter being cultivated into the soil as you mentioned gardenza. Although I have worked in copious amounts of composted horse and cow manure into my garden I have yet to see one native worm. There are some small indigenous worms which are a pinkish grey color which I have seen in the neighbors flower bed, however I have not been able to establish these in my garden. Our frost line goes down as much as several feet which is where the bed rock layer starts in my garden so I will have to be content with adding red wigglers to the holes which I dig for transplants.

Organic matter and warmth as you suggest gardenza is probably the ticket to establishing garden worms of just about any variety. Leaving a mulch layer of straw and covering it with a piece of plywood is also helpful. From time to time adding some chopped up garden refuse (rotted squash, cucumbers, etc.) and watering well encourages worms to congregate and multiply in a that area which can later be used as compost for the garden.

I have only seen red wigglers "in the wild" in Augusta, GA (zone 6, I think). The were in the pile of refuse from a chicken house (I wont describe further).

Mine are also on the ground, but never go away because the dirt here is not that great for red worms - they need the nutrients easily available from garden/kitchen scraps. Our ground never freezes here. I don't think they enjoy last year's leaves like nightcrawlers do.