If your woodstove comes with an optional blower, I strongly urge you to purchase it. A blower is a small fan that attaches to the side or back panel of your stove. When activated, either manually or by set temperature, the blower draws ambient air from around the stove and forces it through ducts in the stove that heat the air and blow it out into your living space. Other fans, strategically placed throughout the house, will distribute the warm air from your stove to other parts of the building. If pollution and natural resources are concerns of yours, then a woodstove may be the way to go.
Wood is a renewable resource.
Vermont is much more heavily forested now than it was a century ago. By buying wood, you are keeping your money in your own local economy and providing income to a family-based small business, rather than perpetuating our nation's reliance on fossil fuels. By buying and burning wood, you're putting money into the hands of someone who really needs it. Wood is generally sold by the cord, a measure of volume. A cord is 128 cubic feet of wood, usually stacked in a pile that measures 4 feet by 4 feet by 8 feet.