WIll underground electric lines pose a problem for my garden?

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We recently decided to put in a small vegetable garden and some shrubs in our backyard. We had the utility company come out and mark the lines today, and it turns out that there is an underground electric line running directly under the spot we'd like to put the garden and shrubs.

I'm not overly concerned with the digging... I can be careful not to disturb the line or kill myself. But do I need to be concerned about:
a) The growth affecting the electric line, or:
b) The electric line affecting the garden's growth?

I'm a little more concerned about the first point above. Will the root system interfere with the wire? I don't know how deeply the wire is buried yet.

Any thoughts?
 
We have only had trouble one time with the lines being cut. The telephone company had to dig down about 4 feet to fix them. We had to replace the lawn on that side of the yard. I would not plant shrubs over the lines, but many people do.

Call your County Extension Service/Agent about the safety in vegetables.
 
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