It's gardening season! That means it's time to think about how to make your garden grow. Most people are throwing out the best stuff money can't buy ... kitchen scraps. Those banana peels magically transform into rich, vital compost that will have your plants thriving -- with the help of time and a little worm poop, of course.

Think it's not for you? Hold on there, sister. In this episode of Mom-Ed: Green Living on CafeMom Studios YouTube Channel, you'll get the 411 on how to make composting work.

Skip BaylessAfter hearing this crazy sports story, I'm really glad I don't work on live TV! One moment things could be going smoothly, the next your most embarrassing moment is up on the Internet to be played over and over and over again. Skip Bayless knows what I'm talking about. He's a sports journalist who regularly appears on ESPN's "First Take" ... and he got schooled on live TV in the worst way possible.

During a debate about the NBA MVP race, Bayless got called out by Jalen Rose, a retired basketball player, for lying about his high school basketball career. And it was very much deserved. And so awkward yet absolutely hilarious to watch.

There are a number of ways you could interpret the meaning of Katy Perry's new music video for "Part of Me." Maybe it's a message about giving yourself over to something bigger than yourself, and how the journey is yours and no one can take that away from you. Maybe it's a coming of age metaphor that symbolizes how you can become a stronger, more independent woman on the heels of emotional devastation. Maybe it's a thinly-veiled recruitment video designed to capitalize off of patriotism. Or maybe it's just a big old raised middle finger to Russell Brand.

However Perry meant for it to be received, she certainly went all-out in her performance: she reportedly "put herself through boot camp" to train for the video, which was filmed at Camp Pendleton and features real Marines.

I can't help wondering, though … despite the authenticity and appreciation shown for our troops, is it really that respectful to depict a woman joining the Marines because of a MAN?

You remember that "Hot or Not?" site where people posted their photo and everyone voted on their looks? That horribleness has gone to YouTube and teens and tweens (mostly girls) are posting videos of themselves asking strangers, "Am I ugly or pretty?"

Now this might be a "better" reason to shoot your child's computer. (Not really.) It's horrifying that teens are doing this, but I can't help but regress right back to my own teen years when I see these girls, full of insecurity, wondering what other people think about them. I get it. I've been there. But when I was there, the Internet didn't exist as it does today so all of the teen pressure to fit in and be thought of as pretty happened on a smaller scale -- in the neighborhood or in school. That's what makes this even more dangerous. These videos not only open a child up for ridicule from their peers, but total strangers. Some who may even be predators. Watch one very pretty young lady's video ....

Courtney Robertson is the villain of the Ben Flajnik Bachelor season. The model with the sexy overbite is caught somewhere between sexy villain and wet dream for men and women across America. She may be the biggest Bachelor villain since Vienna.

Of course, this also makes her wildly popular. She is so popular, in fact, that musical videos are being made in her honor.

If you are a fan of the show, you know she has some catchphrases like, "I got the rose" and "winning." So this music video, made by Bachelorfanatic99 on YouTube, might be called, "I got the rose." I dare you to watch it without laughing. See below:

Oh you One Million Moms, don't you know your hate just makes Ellen stronger? I thought it was crazy when I first heard of the bigotry-fueled group trying to boycott JCPenney because Ellen DeGeneres is their new spokeswoman. And clearly I wasn't the only one. Even conservative Fox News pundit Bill O'Reilly is "standing up" for Ellen. Wait until you read what he said in her defense.

And wait until you hear Ellen's own response. On her show she gave a shout-out to Prop 8 being ruled unconstitutional. And then she talked about what the One Million Moms campaign meant to her -- and what kinds of "traditional" values she stands for. It's classic Ellen, and it shows why this woman is just too gracious and charming for anyone to truly hate.

During an election year, there is one burning question all good Americans have on the tips of their tongues: Who do you think gets it on more? The Democrats or Republicans? What about orgasms? Who has more?

Wait, what's that I hear? You have NEVER wondered this. Well. There's a shock. Luckily, Match.com has taken the guesswork out of this vexing issue with their annual Single in America survey. This year, being an election one, they focused their questions on politics.

See for yourself:

Ah, the spelling bee. I have such fond memories of getting super competitive over the spelling of "dinosaur," "bureau," and "cousin" among other words. Those bees were some of the better moments of my school career. They were just FUN.

Oddly enough, watching them is really fun, too. Even now when I am a grown-up, I love to see kids spell words. The tension is high, the sense of competition is thick, and the whole thing is just a blast. One of the better YouTube videos of all time has captured all that tension.

A boy of about 12 is asked to spell the word "Heron." It's a simple word, but his tortured questioning of the presenter is both hilarious and kind of disturbing. See for yourself: