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

It’s because there’s so many things that can be considered weeds and very few things that you’re actually trying to grow. The weeds are whatever is opportunistic and the environment is just right for but the things that you want to grow may not match it as well as any random plant that happens to fall in place