I have been growing my own fruits and vegetables for years with soil.
I just over the past 6 monthes started to grow a few things like
strawberries and tomatoes using hydroponics, and Im now ****ed that I
never knew about it before. Not only did I yeild much better and more
abundant crops, but it is such less maintanace and so much cleaner.
Hydroponics uses no soil so you don't have to deal with all the bugs,
pests and all the elements that you find in soil. I have a blog with
an article on hydroponics which I will be updating if you want to
check it out http://abouthydroponicgardening.blogspot.com/.
But bottem line, I wouldnt even mess with soil ever again...there's no
point. This is just so much better in so many ways
-Cheers