Gallery: Off the Grid: Cars and iPhones Are Tools, Not Life Solutions for These Modern Homesteaders
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*Carrie Vogler pours herself a cup of coffee just after sunrise inside her cabin as a horse waits outside in Del Rio, TN. The horses have a fenced in area but are left out to roam free on weekends when the family is home.*
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*Frank and Carrie Vogler prepare to move their portable chicken coop to give the chickens a new grazing area in their yard. The voglers are able to supply much of their food from the eggs and the garden and hope to increase their farming capacities. The solar pannel pictured supplies them with all of their power needs. Before it was installed in 2010, they had no power.*
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*Frank Vogler swims in his pond to cool off. The 302 acre plot of land was completely wooded when the Voglers first purchased the land but over the years much of the land has been converted to pasture and the pond installed.*
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*Carrie Vogler holds her son Silas after dinner.*
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*Frank Vogler climbs into his neighbor's cabin in Del Rio. The Voglers' closest neighbor is about a 10-minute drive down a small dirt logging road through the woods and the resident does not live there full time.*
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*Frank Vogler rides one of his horses behind the truck on their land as his son Silas sits in the back.*
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*Frank Vogler talks with a clerk at Carolina Equipment in Fairview, NC where he tries to find a part for a damaged piece of machinery for his company, V&V Land Management.*
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*Silas plays on a trailer while his Dad works outside of their home in Del Rio.*
