You know what's right......that little teeny part of yourself that's bugging you right now. Legal/moral...two totally different things. Stop trying to put them together.

Morally....accept responsibility for your part instead of sloughing it off. Not your fault? Your plants. You chose who to take care of them for you. You chose to leave the plants in the first place. You chose to hand off your keys and write down instructions. You chose to grow in a place that was not yours.

Accept some responsibility for goodness sakes. It will help you prevent making the exact same poor choices in the future. That's where you lost me.

Good luck to you all.