The plant is chopped and hung to dry.
I smoked a little spliff from a tester nug yesterday, after a quick 4 day dry.  The taste is already really pleasant, herbal and sweet.  Looking forward to when the cure is finished, when the smell and aroma has deepened a little bit more.  Effect came on strong when I was 2/3rds down in the joint.  I started to notice the fresh growth on the pine trees I was smoking under, the warm wind was caressing my body and the sunset was beautiful, casting long shadows.  I was high as a kite for 2 long hours.  I didn't expect it to be so potent, the strain being 1:1 THC/CBD, but boy was I wrong! Energetic high, for day time use.