We do all of our heating with a woodstove and a pellet stove. If you can afford it, I HIGHLY recommend Jotul woodstoves or inserts. The one we have puts out a lot more heat than the old Englander we had and is very efficient. Also, if you live near a national forest, you can get a permit and cut your own wood. But, as someone said below, make sure you can get firewood before buying.

When I bought our two stoves several years ago, everybody was switching from pellets and wood to gas stoves because the price of gas had gone down. They tried to talk me into going with gas. I said no way, gas (and propane) will go back up. Pellets are a bit less work but are more expensive and they depend on having electricity. Either stove heats the entire two-floor house by itself. I should say wheezy, 100+ year old frame house where you can feel the cold air coming through the walls and up through the stone cellar.

We do all of our heating with a woodstove and a pellet stove. If you can afford it, I HIGHLY recommend Jotul woodstoves or inserts. The one we have puts out a lot more heat than the old Englander we had and is very efficient. Also, if you live near a national forest, you can get a permit and cut your own wood. But, as someone said below, make sure you can get firewood before buying.

When I bought our two stoves several years ago, everybody was switching from pellets and wood to gas stoves because the price of gas had gone down. They tried to talk me into going with gas. I said no way, gas (and propane) will go back up. Pellets are a bit less work but are more expensive and they depend on having electricity. Either stove heats the entire two-floor house by itself.