I am similar. I have no idea what the future will hold, so I try to invest in many things. Maybe my stocks will be worthless, maybe my ancient coins will be worthless, maybe my farmland will be worthless, and just maybe my PM will be near worthless. Hopefully I am not 0 for four, and at least one of these will allow me to be able to eat when I am tired of working. If I am lucky, and do fairly well with all of these, I plan to liquidate my stocks and land in retirement and leave the coins and PM to my children. I sure hope at least one ends up being a coin collector or appreciates how much fun it is to own silver and gold. If not? Well, at least I had fun owning them and learning from them.
It was Emerson: "If a man owns land the land owns him." Farm land, IMO, is a good bet, whether it owns you or not.