Ahhh, those 55 gallon ones sound good! If she's near you, I bet the soil is great up there. When I lived in Seattle, the produce from the gardens was huge.
She lives farther out from Seattle...Closer to Black Diamond if you know where that is...The soil here where I live is mostly hardpan and gravel..Can grow stuff if you want, but the soil is much better in the valleys than on the hills.....
.....Westy.....