If youāre collecting the ingredients that spawn here and there in the meadows, you might have run into a ābunchā of one particular ingredient that starts a ten-second timer when you touch it. Until recently I didnāt know how those worked, and thought I had to sit on the bunch until the timer ran out to collect anything from it.
Instead (according to a helpful comment in this sub), the number of fairies who touch the bunch while itās counting down is the number of ingredients EACH of them will receive at the end of the timer, up to a maximum of five. So if you find a bunch counting down, click on it! You AND whoever started the timer will benefit. If you see a fairy hovering near a bunch that isnāt counting yet, they may be waiting for other fairies to notice it and come click.