Hell or High Water Farm

It all started in 2009, when Kevin and Desirée Helfrick began tucking heirloom tomatoes, pumpkins, strawberries, and blueberry plants into abandoned planters of their Lower Queen Anne apartment. Seattle Tilth Plant Sales became much anticipated holidays as they focused their efforts on growing organic, locally sourced vegetables and herbs.  Within a few short years, they were keeping backyard chickens, growing hops, vegetables, blueberries, grapes, apple and pear trees and all the dahlias for their wedding overflowed the confines of a modest Wallingford rental home garden. As time passed, it became increasingly clear that growing organic food, beautiful flowers, and raising heritage hens was more than an after work hobby or a means for self care.

In 2015 Kevin enrolled in Seattle Tilth's Farm Works program, a business incubator program for beginning farmers, located near the Green River Valley in Auburn, Washington. Hell or High Water Farm grew certified organic vegetables and flowers on a quarter acre and kept flocks of laying hens on pasture at the Seattle Tilth's farm Red Barn Ranch. In 2018 Hell or High Water Farm moved their farm business to 5 acres at The "Cart before Horse" Farm in Enumclaw, Washington. Since moving to The "Cart before Horse" Farm, Hell or High Water Farm has expanded their production to include vegetables, flowers, and pasture raised eggs for Farmers Markets,  CSA, and restaurants serving Seattle and Enumclaw.  
Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do." ―Wendell Berry 

What Our Customers Are Saying

"Knowing the quality care that the chickens receive and the thoughtful practices that go into their produce cultivation, the tomatoes are that much sweeter, the plums that much juicier, the greens crisper, and the eggs themselves that much more delicious.”