Friends Take a Piece of Zeke’s Dung Heap

A light drizzle Monday disrupted plans by Mountain View Cemetery to begin hauling away Zeke the Sheik’s Gargantuan dung heap.

But it didn’t discourage dozens of Zeke’s friends and amateur gardeners from coming by for their own piece of the pile.

All morning, well-wishers were lined up in front of the 30-foot-high mound next to Zeke’s Altadena farmhouse, hoping to salvage some of the steamy soil.

Some paused to sign a petition describing the one-acre jungle of fruits and cacti fueled by the fertilizer as “an educational experience.” Others shelled out a few bucks for T-shirts featuring a photograph of Zeke, the alter ego of 47-year-old Timothy Dundon.

Cemetery officials, who years ago gave Dundon permission to spread the fecund mass atop one of their vacant lots, said they will send out a work crew to haul away what is left of the compost pile as soon as the weather breaks.