Jam is very easy to make. Just get some Sure-Jell at the grocery store (I like the light variety because it uses much less sugar) and you can get canning jars at the grocery store too. No jam can be fresher than picking them in the yard and immediately cooking them down. MMMMMM! :thumbup:
P.S. The berries you want to use are the ones that easily fall off their "stem" when you touch them. If you have to really pull them off, they're not ripe enough.