Great thread fdd. Our teqniques are much the same.
One tip I might add is, for cureing larger harvests, instead of jars, use 1 gallon paint cans. With the 1 quart canning jars I could only fit less than 2 Ozs of bud. With the paint can I was able to fit 8 Ozs easily.
I just harvested one of my trees and 2/3 of the tree yielded 24 Ozs. Based on that I expect to get over 50 OZs on the rest of the plants, easy. That means I will only have to burp 6 or 7 paint cans as opposed to 25 or more 1 quart jars. They are a little expensive, (about $40 for 4 including shipping) but worth it I thinks. Im still gonna store in canning jars but It is making my cure a little less of a hassle.