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What does a tough winter on the peatlands actually look like?
It looks like 406 hectares of bog restored on a remote upland site near Loch Rannoch — phases 1 and 2 of one of the biggest peatland restoration projects we've ever taken on, now coming to a close.
The team has been working at between 570 and 650 metres of elevation, on exposed ground, in conditions that didn't make anything easy. Tens of thousands of metres of hag and gully reprofiling, thousands of dams installed, surface bunding across the bare peat pans. Long days on the hill, getting it right.
It's been a real collaboration with our friends at Caledonian Climate , who designed the project. Good communication every step of the way — that's what gets a project this size delivered on programme when the weather is against you.
Phases 3 and 4 to come.
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A big addition to the team this week — Jenny Sandilands has joined Taiga Upland as our new Finance Manager.
It's a real step forward for the business. As we've grown across fencing, forestry, groundwork, woodland creation and peatland restoration, the work has become more complex and the systems behind it need to keep pace. Jenny brings strong finance experience and will play a key part in making sure the professional side of Taiga matches the work our crews do on the ground.
There's something else worth saying. Jenny lives in Blair Atholl, which means this is a skilled, long-term job created right here in Highland Perthshire. That matters to us. Rural businesses creating proper rural careers is exactly the kind of thing we want to keep doing.
Welcome aboard Jenny!
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Here's a fair question: if nobody's going to see it, does it matter how well it's done?
We think it matters more than almost anything.
One of our fencing teams has been working way out in the mountains this week, on a stretch of fence most people will never lay eyes on — the odd hill walker or passer-by, and not much else. They took their time and did the work to a really high standard anyway, splicing nets and tying off cleanly at the strainers.
Why? Because how you do something is how you do everything.
The net work is the part you'd notice first. But the same care goes into everything that actually decides how long a fence lasts — straining posts set solid, stays properly seated, tie-downs where the ground needs them, gates hung true. Get those right and the fence stands for decades. That's where the real expertise shows.
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What does career progression actually look like at Taiga Upland?
Right now, it looks like one of our fencing team crossing over to train in forestry ground preparation.
They already know how Taiga works — the culture, the standards, the way we do things. Now they're learning a new trade, with mentoring, training and real support behind them, and the time and space to build technique and confidence properly. The part that matters most is the advice that comes from working alongside people who are at the top of their game.
We've done this before and seen it work brilliantly — people moving across departments, picking up new skills, and going further than they expected to. It's a proven route.
That's what you get here. And it's a big reason the team we're building is as strong as it is.
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