Bindweed is evil incarnate in plant form. Wouldn't wish that on anybody.

We hand some log droughts here about 10 years ago where you were not allowed to water the lawn at all.

I would have expected a single dominate weed to take over, but instead, if I let the grass grow for 6-8 weeks in summer I get this amazing field of different knee length plants. And it alive with bee's and butterflies.

I much prefer it to lawn.