Answer:
My first keeps time, my second spends time, my whole tells time.
What has roots as nobody sees, is taller than trees. Up, up it goes, and yet never grows?
Do what he says and you'll be fine, don't and you lose the game.
What has four wings but cannot fly and uses the wind but does not know why?
Grows from the ground, bushes and grass, leaves of yellow, red and brow, unruly plants, get the axe, trim the hedge back down.
This food is a tortilla filled with cheese and sometimes chicken before being heated or cooked.