Growing Help

Hello all, first time poster/grower here. I live in NE Ohio and plan on growing 5 plants this summer. I have an amazing grow area about 60 yards from my house off my property. There are many pine trees and old trails. I looked for foot print and ATV tracks but couldn’t find any; grass was prevalent and looked untouched. So the plants being noticed are not an issue. However I did notice plenty of deer tracks around my grow area. A friend of mine has been growing for years indoors and will have the clones ready by Friday.
My question to you experts is what should I do to prevent deer’s and other insects from eating my crop?
What kind of fertilizers should I use? I am growing 5 plants so how many bags should I get? How much does a good fertilizers cost?
When digging the hole should I destroy all the grass and vegetation around a 3 foot diameter to achieve the optimal growth?
Any advice on growing outdoors using clones would be awesome. I will post pictures Friday and update it every few days. Thanks!

Right when you wake up, piss in a milk jug. Then spread the piss around your grow site. And then I take my dogs out there to piss and do there thing down there. You don't need to cut that much vegetation from around them unless the clones are a lot shorter than the grass. I don't know how to keep the bugs away because I have bug issues with my outdoor crop right now. Lol.
But you should expect them to stretch a little. Just a warning because it scared me when they started stretching. Lol. But good luck.

Thanks for the info man, but what do you mean by "stretch"?

look at it this way, you can't move the sun closer to the plant. But with artificial lighting you can. They are gonna reach for the sun.