> Heck, they could have ate the weeds growing in someone's garden It's hard to do when you are several hundred miles from nearest garden and all you have is so

> Heck, they could have ate the weeds growing in someone's garden It's hard to do when you are several hundred miles from nearest garden and all you have is some dry biscuits. And this is after several months without a freezer, so all your vegetables with vit c are already consumed or decayed. People on land had access to vegetables and didn't suffer from scurvy that much.