Retiree first decorated garden tree with 18 eggs in 1965; He's added to the number each year, reaching 10,000 in 2012. Latest. U.S. L.A. Wildfires; ... An Easter egg tree grows in Germany.

He has been adding eggs to his family's outdoor Ostereierbaum—an apple tree—for years, eventually adding an incredible 10,000 eggs to its branches. It all started in 1965 with 18 eggs.

Decorating evergreen or leafless trees with eggs at Easter have long been the tradition in Germany and the Ukraine. When German settlers immigrated to the states, many brought with them their ...

An apple tree in eastern Germany is home to nearly 10,000 hand decorated Easter eggs, and thousands of people are flocking to see it.. The tree sits on the property of Volker Kraft, who lives in ...

Associated Press Volker Kraft decorates a tree with 10,000 Easter eggs in the garden of the retired couple Christa and Volker Kraft in Saalfeld, Germany, Wednesday, March 21, 2012. The Kraft ...

SAALFELD, Germany-- You thought Easter eggs don't grow on trees? Check out Volker Kraft's garden in eastern Germany, and think again. Kraft's apple sapling sported just 18 eggs when he first ...

If you think decorated trees are reserved for Christmas, think again. In fact, the tradition of Easter trees (called "Ostereierbaum") started centuries ago in Germany. Soon after, the Swedish ...

SAALFELD, Germany -- Volker Kraft's apple sapling sported just 18 eggs when he first decorated it for Easter in 1965. Decades later, the sturdy tree is festooned with 9,800 eggs, artfully ...

Easter egg tree (Ostereierbaum) The German Easter tradition of decorating branches and bushes with eggs is centuries old, although its origins still remain mysterious. The popular Easter tree, ...

Volker Kraft decorates his Easter egg tree in Saalfeld, Germany on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. It takes the family around two weeks to hang the 10,000 hand painted eggs into the tree. Follow @msnbc ...

SAALFELD, Germany >> You thought Easter eggs don’t grow on trees? Check out Volker Kraft’s garden in eastern Germany, and think again. Kraft’s apple sapling sported just 18 eggs when he ...

German Family Hangs Thousands of Easter Eggs. Clip: 4/21/2011 | 33s. A family in Germany has been hanging Easter eggs on their apple tree for 40 years.