Thanks for your advice.
I didn't know about curing. duh! I just let them air dry and the buds are now very dry and crispy - I guess it would be too late to put them into a jar now?
The tricomes are the little crystal balls on the leaves arnt they? I'll get a microscope for next time. I am really dissapointed, as they smelt soooo good while they were growing, my mouth was watering, but now there is no pleasure smoking them because of the taste. :-(