Photos: VanderWeele Farms Potato Harvest

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Bill Considine keeps an eye out for vines or rocks as potatoes are harvested from the ground at the VanderWeele Farms in Palmer on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014.

Palmer farmer Ben VanderWeele and his crew harvested potatoes on a windy Wednesday.The potato harvest started Sept. 11 this year. Bill Considine, who was keeping an eye on the root crop as it came into the truck, picking out vines and rocks, said he'd rather harvest in the wind than the rain. VanderWeele said the Alaska Grown potatoes will be available at Fred Meyer and Carrs-Safeway stores throughout the year. His other Inner Springer Loop Road farm crops are sold at the South Anchorage Farmers Market.

Read more about harvest season in Market Fresh: Yellow leaves mean fall's bounty at the market