Mold has ruined my first grow. Can I make iso hash?

I was very pleased with the two plants that I have grown, though as the buds matured, the leaves seemed quite a bit more dilapidated than I had expected. I decide that the first plant was ready, and brought it out, with much fanfare, for trimming and drying.

While trimming, I discovered that what I thought was the wilting of the leaves as the buds take in all their nutrients was actually mold, pretty much through most of the first plant and part of the second. Woe.

Question 1.

I removed all the moldy parts of both plants, as far as I could tell.

• What else should I do to remove the mold? Is it a lost cause at this point?
• I reckon that the second plant (and what's left of the first plant) need at least a week more. How can I keep the mold from continuing to attack them?

Question 2.

I am now the proud owner of a miserable pile of moldy buds and bud leaves, and the fan leaves that the mold doesn't seem to touch.

• Can I use this for anything? I have read in some threads here that boiling them in isopropyl alcohol would allow me to extract the resin, while killing the mold. Is this a safe? Sane?
• Would I dry it out first? It would make sense keep this as far away from my plants as possible, I assume?
• Perhaps there is a guide I missed on making hashish this way?

Thanks in advance. I've searched for the answers, but still need guidance. This place is a goldmine - a large one.

Oh, and I'd appreciate any tips on drying the moldy hash. I'm afraid to let it stay as moist as it is, for fear that the mold will continue uhm, molding. I've put it in brown paper bags with holes in the bottom and placed them in front of a gentle fan. Am I digging another hole for myself?

tx.

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And, for what it's worth, it happened almost overnight. I had been putting them outside every day to catch the sun, and they got rained on. Should have dried them off. A few days later, I didn't know what to look for - they were coming to the end of their flowering and getting ready for harvest. To the untrained eye, mold looks a lot like buds. I know better now