Why are weeds so easy to grow, but a healthy lawn and plants take actual work?

Question

My lawn is all sorts of dry after the PNW heat wave, but the weeds sprouted up like a forest.

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Answer 1

While alot of good explanations given, answer was given thousands of years ago- Book of Genesis- sweat of the brow to eat thy bread. Lord cursed the earth with weeds and thorns after the garden of Eden.