Leaves and drying

whats the fastest way to dry the leaves

why would you want 2 dry leaves??? but if you must, put them on a screen, or in a big paper bag and turn them every 20 min or so after about an hour they should b dry

The leaves protruding from the buds should be trimmed, or removed prior to the drying process.

The leaves around the buds do those have to be trimmed off most of mine have white sticky sap on them, I was also wondering around what time in lower michigan people usually harvest I was guesing mid october, this is my first grow.
thanks

That "sticky sap" is the stuff that get's ya ripped bro.

Those would be the sugar leaves. Most people just trim them so the buds are uniform, and it keeps most of the resin with the buds. Save all the trimmed sugar leaves for hash making