I am not much of cook either, though I call kitchen gadgets dust collectors.
Unfortunately commercially produced jam often has lemon juice or citric acid in it, to aid setting. Microwaving or otherwise heating up frozen berries until their juices start to run might work
Unless you have large area to grow fruit, crops not always that plentiful. I grow blueberries have three bushes but never have enough for a bowl full at time. I grow raspberries have about 10 canes in the peak season I do get a small bowl full though I do get a small handful over a 3-4 months.Duchy strawberry preserve is the one I get, as that's citrus-free, so I could try with that, thanks @silentsquirrel
Berries are difficult at the moment because I can't tolerate non-organic soft fruit, it tastes too strongly of pesticides. We need to start growing our own (we're looking for a gardener to help us clear so we can start planting things here - can't really do much ourselves until we've found one).
R has been known to make jam, but usually we just tend to eat the fruit, or put it in crumble
We'll have to do that too. I had alkaline clay in my last garden, was soooo looking forward to getting something different, and guess what I've got? Yep, alkaline clay 🙄
So have I , I did try in ground but dead loss,. I bought a recommended selection to grow together from Sutton's, that I grow in large pots. I am the only one who eats them, and I use them to su0plement my shop ones. This year I did not have as many as previous years, and thought I should have had more, then one morning I discovered why, a blackbird was sitting on the rim of the pot stealing them.
