We've got our first harvest of the season...  It's organic too.  We have 15 strawberry plants in the back yard, and they're doing very well this year.  They are three year old plants, and are much larger than their aeroponic brothers.  I expect to be picking aero strawberries in about 10 days.

Not a bad haul, since we're still in May... 

Speaking of strawberries, let me share my latest idea:

We have a new shed scheduled for construction in the coming weeks.  It's 10' x 20', which is pretty huge.  (That's the maximum in New Castle County without a building permit).  This big shed will naturally have big walls.  I'm thinking that we can take advantage of the sun, while getting the benefits of aeroponics.

I'm thinking of buying some AeroDuct channel (aeroponic "rain gutter") to put on the side walls of the shed.  This should get me a lot of extra room, while keeping the plants off the ground (and away from nearly all pests).  In theory, it should give the best of both worlds.  I'm even thinking of keeping the reservoir in the house, and supplying the water via buried lines (so I can easily monitor and adjust the water, from the comfort of my own hydro-room).

I realize that this won't be an "all year" solution, but I expect that it will be workable for at least April - November.  In theory, I could even warm that water, in an attempt to extend growing times.  I have no idea how the plants would react, but I think I could do it.